need info/pictures of tiki and poly buildings,bars,ect...that have been demolished - General Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Tue, Nov 4, 2008 11:56 AM This is a very laudable project and I call on everyone to support it. I wish I had spent more film on showing the destruction of Tiki temples when I set out to praise the glory of Tiki style, but in my quest to define the style I mainly saw and photographed its best side. In retrospect it would have behooved me to document both. But it still can be done, if people go out an photograph what replaced a Tiki building, take for example my before and after photos of the Hanalei/Islands Hotel entrance in Tiki Modern. Notable losses in the last couple of years: The Kahiki, the Pitcairn Motel, the Playa Del Rey Polynesian Village Apartments, Trader Vic's Chicago (and LA)...there are more, who can think of some --AND supply images of, if not before, than "After"? (A lot of "Before" can be found in the Book of Tiki.) [ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2008-11-04 12:00 ]

This is a very laudable project and I call on everyone to support it. I wish I had spent more film on showing the destruction of Tiki temples when I set out to praise the glory of Tiki style, but in my quest to define the style I mainly saw and photographed its best side. In retrospect it would have behooved me to document both. But it still can be done, if people go out an photograph what replaced a Tiki building, take for example my before and after photos of the Hanalei/Islands Hotel entrance in Tiki Modern.

Notable losses in the last couple of years: The Kahiki, the Pitcairn Motel, the Playa Del Rey Polynesian Village Apartments, Trader Vic's Chicago (and LA)...there are more, who can think of some --AND supply images of, if not before, than "After"? (A lot of "Before" can be found in the Book of Tiki.)

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2008-11-04 12:00 ]

Post #417238 by bigbrotiki on Tue, Nov 4, 2008 11:56 AM