Post #401688 by DJ Terence Gunn on Sat, Aug 16, 2008 4:39 PM

I was thinking about that, too, that we can't completely rely on the street address info of today in comparison to those of many years ago; too many things change, alter, and vanish altogether.

If the mystery photo isn't of The Place, and it is something else, the reason I don't think it is a bar (and I could be wrong, of course) is because:

#1. In 1959, Polynesian bars were usually attached to Polynesian restaurants or in hotels (some both), and this little store looks too small to be a restaurant.

#2. The alcoves displaying jewelry. Why would a bar display jewelry?

#3. There were loads of jewelry stores in this very area of 1959.

#4. If this mystery place was, in fact, a tiki bar of somekind, why does nobody know about it on this website? Why hasn't it been documented in Tiki News or some other publication? Wouldn't Otto have known of it? Sven? Etc.? After all, if it IS a tiki bar, it must've been privately owned, short-lived, and therefore somewhat special.

Anyway, a few things to think about. And yes, AlienTiki is the one who came up with the Grant Avenue proposal before anyone else did. The street number, however, was in the initial post by sputnik. I came up with The Place proposal (even if I was mistaken). This is collective sleuthing.