Post #538814 by bigbrotiki on Thu, Jun 24, 2010 10:56 PM

...and then there is the photo on page 94 of Tiki Modern of that woman posing with the Ed Crissman giant. I found that pic at her estate sale. And also this one...that lady was one swinging gal:

We need more Wahines to dress like that at Tiki events!

Now here is a nice painting by my friend Moritz R. that was inspired by the Tahara'a:

DC, are you sure it is completely gone now? Because for years it stood closed up and deserted, DVD director Jochen got to sneak into the complex and shoot it for his documentary, I'm so jealous! That place, together with the Coco Palms
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=29331&forum=2
and the Rainmaker Hotel in Pago Pago
http://www.american.samoa-hotels.com/rainmaker-hotel/Index.html
was on the top of my "Forgotten Tiki temples in the South Seas" list.

All three, Coco Palms (1956), the Rainmaker (1966) and the Tahara'a (1969) were built by Pete Wimberly's firm, the architect who build Canlis and the Waikikian/Tahitian Lanai.