Post #390391 by bigbrotiki on Sat, Jun 28, 2008 10:19 PM

Sigh! It used to look much better in its delapidated glory before that awful Miami Beach paint job. These pictures were taken in July 96 (see also BOT pages 63, and 218 for the sign, and a closer shot on p.107 in Tiki Modern):

This place used to be called the HANALEI, here is the orignal sign (with its whimsically flipped N )

The rec room is a nice example of a crossed A-frame, and the blue pool gave it that LA Polynesia feel

I always liked the Tiki support post for its naive style...

...but the mask is the height of whacky do-it-yourself Tiki:

I tried to bring out in this closeup what cannot be seen in the wider shots: The face is composed out of mother of pearl abalone shards and other sea shells!