Post #368925 by bigbrotiki on Mon, Mar 24, 2008 10:08 AM

O.K guys, thanks for the interest. I put this on my list of "Subjects to scan and post on T.C." (it is in place 6 right now). Let's make this the R.T. memorial post. Start with the LP, the matchbook, and the postcard, I will ad my photos soon.

It always intrigued me that the two places, which were practically across the street from each other, made use of the same modernist Moai cut out concept (above the Royal Tahitian, below that the unnamed apartments), yet these looked different enough to not be by the same person, just like the two buildings looked like they were done by different architects, and the Tikis were supplied by different carvers, Charley Rosencrans the R.T., and Milan Guanko the Apts.

P.S.: The R.T.'s modernist Moai beams (on the golf course side of the building) can already be glimpsed in TIKI MODERN on page 107, in the Tiki post collage, bottom row in the middle, with those red Asian font restroom signs.

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2008-03-24 11:16 ]