Tiki Central / Locating Tiki / Tahitian Inn, Tampa, FL (motel)
Post #459603 by Mo-Eye on Sat, Jun 6, 2009 8:44 AM
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The Tahitian Inn was built in 1954 by the twins Joe and Frank Pupello, and it has always stayed as a family run motel. Still operational today, but it has been heavily remodeled. There current website had a number of vintage images on it, and I found a few extra, including a matchbook from one of Dusty's old posts. I found a 1968 article about a string of robberies that happened at the motel, and I just thought the detective's name was quite fitting - Tyree.
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