Jack Thornton RIP - Co-Founder of Mai-Kai - General Tiki

G GatorRob Member Orlando Joined: Aug 20, 2004 Posts: 1784	G GatorRob Posted posted on Thu, Feb 28, 2008 10:29 AM On 2008-02-28 10:10, Swanky wrote: We can only guess at what the Mai Kai would look like had Jack's design won out. Possibly like that black velvet painting hanging on Kern's wall (and on the postcard). Kern referred to it to me as "the Mai-Kai that never was". It's hard to imagine the Mai-Kai being even larger and more elaborate than it ended up being. It does make me wonder that if they HAD built Jack's version, would the place be too big and too expensive to maintain today? Could it have sunk the Mai-Kai like the Detroit Mauna Loa?

On 2008-02-28 10:10, Swanky wrote:
We can only guess at what the Mai Kai would look like had Jack's design won out.

Possibly like that black velvet painting hanging on Kern's wall (and on the postcard). Kern referred to it to me as "the Mai-Kai that never was". It's hard to imagine the Mai-Kai being even larger and more elaborate than it ended up being. It does make me wonder that if they HAD built Jack's version, would the place be too big and too expensive to maintain today? Could it have sunk the Mai-Kai like the Detroit Mauna Loa?

Post #364014 by GatorRob on Thu, Feb 28, 2008 10:29 AM