Waitoma Grotto - Holly, MI - Collecting Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Sun, Mar 15, 2009 2:16 PM On 2009-03-15 09:10, Bongo Bungalow wrote: I happen to have a sister who lives there and is a city council member. I'll see if she's interesting in doing some sleuthing. What would help? Well...like what happened to the owners, Fred and Jane Barton, and the architect, Jim Livingston, and the other collaborators mentioned in the text below: Apparently they were inspired by a trip to the Pacific islands to build this place: (These menu texts courtesy of Mimi's Arkiva Tropika) When did the place shut down, and why? Was it something else before the Motel became an AA meeting hall? And was that motel always in that gingerbread style? What were the shifts in the infrastructure of Holly, Michigan that made the Hawaiian Gardens an anachronism? (perhaps Auto-industry related?) [ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2009-03-15 14:20 ]

On 2009-03-15 09:10, Bongo Bungalow wrote:
I happen to have a sister who lives there and is a city council member. I'll see if she's interesting in doing some sleuthing. What would help?

Well...like what happened to the owners, Fred and Jane Barton, and the architect, Jim Livingston, and the other collaborators mentioned in the text below:

Apparently they were inspired by a trip to the Pacific islands to build this place:

(These menu texts courtesy of Mimi's Arkiva Tropika)

When did the place shut down, and why? Was it something else before the Motel became an AA meeting hall? And was that motel always in that gingerbread style? What were the shifts in the infrastructure of Holly, Michigan that made the Hawaiian Gardens an anachronism? (perhaps Auto-industry related?)

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2009-03-15 14:20 ]

Post #440149 by bigbrotiki on Sun, Mar 15, 2009 2:16 PM