Post #408425 by tikiyaki on Wed, Sep 17, 2008 1:56 PM

OK : Update...and it's NOT goood.

I passed by there today, and as reported a few weeks back, the big Tiki out front is gone. Today, I noticed a BIG dumpster in front. So, on the way back from where I was going, I stopped and climbed up the dumpster to see if there were any Tikis in need of Rescuing.
Nothing that I could see, but I did see was that there was definitely work going on in there, pieces of drywall, cement, and even an old bar stool...but nothing noteworthy.

The front security door was open, so I wandered in and found the office. There was a young guy in there, and I inquired about the tiki out front. he was Chinese, like most the people in that area, and pretty much didn't know what a Tiki was, so I used other descriptions (Hawaiian statue, big wood carving, Big wooden face etc) . He said, that he just got called in the cover the office today, and gave me a card to call the manager in a few days. But the tiki was gone before he got there.

Then, on the way out,I saw some laborers and asked them about the Tiki. They said that the new owner sold it to someone. When I asked about any other old tiki remnants, they said that it was pretty much all gone. I don't know how much was left there anyway, but here's the worse news....

The card I was handed said "The Huntington at Pasadena" as the name of the complex.

So, any Poly Pop roots the place had have been stripped away entirely. The new paint job is that dreadful pale yellow that everyone uses, and there is basically nothing left, except for the magnificent A Frame Architecture itself to hint at what it used to be. It's another bland Box apartment now.

SO....Check your local antique stores, I guessing someone snagged that Tiki for an antique shop, unless someone in here knows of it's whereabouts.

I WILL do a followup call in a few days to see what's what and report back.