Trader Vic's, Scottsdale, AZ (restaurant) - Locating Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Sun, Jun 27, 2010 12:57 PM The above BEFORE and AFTER photos are such a great example of how the changes in architectural taste went parallel to car design, how the soaring A-frame phase (both in Tiki and in Googie architecture) only lasted from the late 50s to the early 60s, just like the tail fin phase for American cars. Tail-finned cars and buildings! Castrated A-frames The fact that they capped the tips of A-frames like the one above, (and added more cut-off A-frames in front), has another parallel in that at the beginning of the 80s they sawed off the Outrigger beams jutting out of A-frames gables It was like one big push to castrate the enthusiasm of mid-century America: What "jet-age" !!? WHO says "The Sky is the Limit" !?...Let's put a lid on that ! Cars- 1959: 1964 Outrigger beams: Contemporary "huts": Funny thing is that chain architecture has become so boring, that nowadays we might think that the Pizza Hut photo is cool ! Also in the 1980s, the so-called "browning of America" did away with such amazing interiors as this coffee shop ...and created flat hung ceilings, with hanging plants, brown "rustic fabric" curtains and brown seating areas: Aaaah! :( [ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2010-06-27 13:49 ]

The above BEFORE and AFTER photos are such a great example of how the changes in architectural taste went parallel to car design, how the soaring A-frame phase (both in Tiki and in Googie architecture) only lasted from the late 50s to the early 60s, just like the tail fin phase for American cars.

Tail-finned cars and buildings!

Castrated A-frames

The fact that they capped the tips of A-frames like the one above, (and added more cut-off A-frames in front), has another parallel in that at the beginning of the 80s they sawed off the Outrigger beams jutting out of A-frames gables

It was like one big push to castrate the enthusiasm of mid-century America: What "jet-age" !!? WHO says "The Sky is the Limit" !?...Let's put a lid on that !

Cars-

1959: