Final Goodbye to Kona Lanes~Costa Mesa, CA - General Tiki

T tikiyaki Tiki Socialite The Exotic Port of REDONDO BEACH, CA Joined: May 18, 2004 Posts: 2725	T tikiyaki Posted posted on Thu, Jan 8, 2009 5:31 PM Tiki Shaker. I've seen you post on here before defending developers, and I think you mentioned that you yourself are in the Real Estate development business. While I DO understand your POV, and am the last person to want to knock the way a person makes an honest living, I have to agree that below bottom line thinking seems to be the prevailing concern when it comes to new development. Of course, the architects on the 50's had bottom lines to deal with as well, but that time was a rennaisance period for many things, especially architecture. Yes, there were alot of generic boxes built during that time, but the adventurous stuff was FAR more adventurous than today, and far more abundant. Let's take signage. Then Now and Architecture... Then Now. You'd be hard pressed to find something as adventurous as The Rose Bowl Lanes or those old signs nowadays for something as common as a bowling alley. Now, everything is all very standardized, chain store oriented, and even if it's not a chain store, the average strip mall, looks like EVERY other strip mall. Have you been to Waikiki lately ? It could be Los Angeles. or Kansas City, or Carson... Is this progress ? And while I like my Starbucks tasting the same every time I have it, a BAD Mai Tai, only makes one realize how GOOD a correct one tastes.:drink: As for greed. Building cost effectively is one thing. They certainly did that in the 50's and 60's . Example : Eichler Homes were designed to be cost effective in their building process...simple post and beam construction, standardized building process etc...but LOOK at an Eichler ! Somehow, I doubt that kids now will think back about the houses being built today in 50 years,and consider this time period revolutionary for architecture. I may be wrong about this...time will tell, but I can tell you this....my 17 year old stepdaughter looks at those Stucco Taco bell Tuscany crackerbox homes and thinks they're as FUGLY as I do. . Do you have your TIKIYAKI ORCHESTRA CD YET ? http://www.myspace.com/tikiyaki http://www.tikiyakiorchestra.com [ Edited by: tikiyaki 2009-01-08 21:04 ] [ Edited by: tikiyaki 2009-01-08 21:06 ] [ Edited by: tikiyaki 2009-01-08 21:07 ]

Tiki Shaker. I've seen you post on here before defending developers, and I think you mentioned that you yourself are in the Real Estate development business.

While I DO understand your POV, and am the last person to want to knock the way a person makes an honest living, I have to agree that below bottom line thinking seems to be the prevailing concern when it comes to new development. Of course, the architects on the 50's had bottom lines to deal with as well, but that time was a rennaisance period for many things, especially architecture.

Yes, there were alot of generic boxes built during that time, but the adventurous stuff was FAR more adventurous than today, and far more abundant.

Let's take signage.

Then

Now

and Architecture...

Then

Now.

You'd be hard pressed to find something as adventurous as The Rose Bowl Lanes or those old signs nowadays for something as common as a bowling alley. Now, everything is all very standardized, chain store oriented, and even if it's not a chain store, the average strip mall, looks like EVERY other strip mall. Have you been to Waikiki lately ? It could be Los Angeles. or Kansas City, or Carson...

Is this progress ?

And while I like my Starbucks tasting the same every time I have it, a BAD Mai Tai, only makes one realize how GOOD a correct one tastes.:drink:

As for greed. Building cost effectively is one thing. They certainly did that in the 50's and 60's .

Example : Eichler Homes were designed to be cost effective in their building process...simple post and beam construction, standardized building process etc...but LOOK at an Eichler !

Somehow, I doubt that kids now will think back about the houses being built today in 50 years,and consider this time period revolutionary for architecture.

I may be wrong about this...time will tell, but I can tell you this....my 17 year old stepdaughter looks at those Stucco Taco bell Tuscany crackerbox homes and thinks they're as FUGLY as I do.

Do you have your TIKIYAKI ORCHESTRA CD YET ?
http://www.myspace.com/tikiyaki
http://www.tikiyakiorchestra.com

[ Edited by: tikiyaki 2009-01-08 21:04 ]

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[ Edited by: tikiyaki 2009-01-08 21:07 ]

Post #427894 by tikiyaki on Thu, Jan 8, 2009 5:31 PM