Paradise Island , Pico Rivera, CA (apartments) - Locating Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Sat, Mar 29, 2008 6:36 PM Very cool find. Like I mentioned above, while Tiki apartments are better than Tiki restaurants in regards to their longevity, paper ephemera from them are harder to find, they never had the need for menus/matchbooks/postcards....though some did have brochures. The first thing that struck me, having been to these particular apartments several times over the past years, was exactly what I just mentioned earlier in the Royal Tahitian thread: On 2008-03-28 12:17, bigbrotiki wrote: Finding photos of Tiki Temples just after construction is always a trade off, because though you can see all the original fixtures in place, the plantings are mostly all new and scraggly, and not lushly grown in yet to frame the architecture and provide that desired tropical touch. The place actually looks kind of barren compared to.... Jeez, now I have to post photos on this thread, too... The next thing is the cars, none being older/younger than 1956/57. One would not show "outdated" models for a publicity shot, so this means that these apartments were fairly early examples of the style, most others having been built in the early 60s.

Very cool find. Like I mentioned above, while Tiki apartments are better than Tiki restaurants in regards to their longevity, paper ephemera from them are harder to find, they never had the need for menus/matchbooks/postcards....though some did have brochures.

The first thing that struck me, having been to these particular apartments several times over the past years, was exactly what I just mentioned earlier in the Royal Tahitian thread:

On 2008-03-28 12:17, bigbrotiki wrote:
Finding photos of Tiki Temples just after construction is always a trade off, because though you can see all the original fixtures in place, the plantings are mostly all new and scraggly, and not lushly grown in yet to frame the architecture and provide that desired tropical touch.

The place actually looks kind of barren compared to.... Jeez, now I have to post photos on this thread, too...

The next thing is the cars, none being older/younger than 1956/57. One would not show "outdated" models for a publicity shot, so this means that these apartments were fairly early examples of the style, most others having been built in the early 60s.

Post #370138 by bigbrotiki on Sat, Mar 29, 2008 6:36 PM