Golden Tiki Apartments, Stockton, CA (apartments) - Locating Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Tue, Sep 1, 2009 10:27 PM Congrats on your first expedition. At this point in history, fewer and fewer forgotten Tiki ruins will have any signs of their former glory left, like the idols, landscaping or names in exotic typefaces. I am glad I started documenting them in the mid-90s, when there was SOME evidence around still. But sometimes I wonder how much more one would have found in the mid-80s... However, with John L. Stephens' quote in mind... “In the midst of desolation and ruin we looked back to the past, cleared away the gloomy forest, and fancied every building perfect, with its terraces and pyramids, its sculptured and painted ornaments, grand, lofty, and imposing” ..and additional research such as finding the original name to be the GOLDEN TIKI APARTMENTS, even the most de-tikied sites hold their own mystery to the urban archeologist. What a great title, like from some James Bond movie. I wish we could find some paper ephemera or vintage photos of that place, but the chances are very slim with apartment buildings.

Congrats on your first expedition. At this point in history, fewer and fewer forgotten Tiki ruins will have any signs of their former glory left, like the idols, landscaping or names in exotic typefaces. I am glad I started documenting them in the mid-90s, when there was SOME evidence around still. But sometimes I wonder how much more one would have found in the mid-80s...

However, with John L. Stephens' quote in mind...

“In the midst of desolation and ruin we looked back to the past, cleared away the gloomy forest, and fancied every building perfect, with its terraces and pyramids, its sculptured and painted ornaments, grand, lofty, and imposing”

..and additional research such as finding the original name to be the GOLDEN TIKI APARTMENTS, even the most de-tikied sites hold their own mystery to the urban archeologist. What a great title, like from some James Bond movie. I wish we could find some paper ephemera or vintage photos of that place, but the chances are very slim with apartment buildings.

Post #480811 by bigbrotiki on Tue, Sep 1, 2009 10:27 PM