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1 1961surf Tiki Socialite Newport Beach, Ca . Joined: May 03, 2007 Posts: 2065	1 1961surf Posted posted on Thu, Oct 22, 2009 11:40 PM The last couple times driving on the 99 freeway I would notice this A frame building and it looked familiar but could not place it because it was in an odd place off the right side of the 99 freeway heading north in Stockton .When I was at Physcho TikiD house I showed the pictures and said that is where the Islander building was towed and ended up there for limited days as a chicken joint in Pollardville next to a tourist mock up ghost town .After reading abstractiki thread on the Islander I had to check it out for myself as well.Abstract nailed it in the description of it is dilapidated . It was raining when I decided to hop the security fences to take a look .The back of the building is all open and the rain was just coming thru the roof and vents , very sad situation .I went and pulled the latter that swings down and leads to the attic.I thought...gee maybe I will find an old photo or something that depicts the Islander during it's glory days, but to no avail.I must have looked in every little room and crevice thru out the entire place looking for any sign or trace of its former tiki past.After scouring the place,the only thing I could find was a broken piece of a carved wall panel. It was buried under a bunch of debree and trash on the floor.Really weird to be inside there by myself...very dark inside and musty smelling not even rats or mice would want to live in there.I was born in the wrong era ,this was no doubt a very cool tiki bar back in it's hey day. http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?mode=viewtopic&topic=15550&forum=1&start=60 Pollardville sign at is current location Cool old boat shaped building I believe used to be a dinner house right next to Islander building Old time saloon behind the Islander building Ghost town tunnel also behind Islander building An old building behind and to the left of the Islander structure The wall carving remnant I found inside- a little piece of the Islander will stay close to me for years as good mana . [ Edited by: 1961surf 2009-10-26 19:37 ]

The last couple times driving on the 99 freeway I would notice this A frame building
and it looked familiar but could not place it because it was in an odd place off the
right side of the 99 freeway heading north in Stockton .When I was at Physcho TikiD
house I showed the pictures and said that is where the Islander building was towed
and ended up there for limited days as a chicken joint in Pollardville next to a
tourist mock up ghost town .After reading abstractiki thread on the Islander I
had to check it out for myself as well.Abstract nailed it in the description of
it is dilapidated . It was raining when I decided to hop the security fences to
take a look .The back of the building is all open and the rain was just coming
thru the roof and vents , very sad situation .I went and pulled the latter that
swings down and leads to the attic.I thought...gee maybe I will find an old
photo or something that depicts the Islander during it's glory days, but to no
avail.I must have looked in every little room and crevice thru out the entire
place looking for any sign or trace of its former tiki past.After scouring the
place,the only thing I could find was a broken piece of a carved wall panel.
It was buried under a bunch of debree and trash on the floor.Really weird to be
inside there by myself...very dark inside and musty smelling not even rats or
mice would want to live in there.I was born in the wrong era ,this was no doubt
a very cool tiki bar back in it's hey day.