Post #578960 by Dustycajun on Sat, Mar 5, 2011 12:09 PM

Name:Trade Winds
Type:motel
Street:4801 West Waco Drive
City:Waco
State:TX
Zip:
country:USA
Phone:
Status:defunct

Description:

Texas was the home to many of the Trade Winds motels, most of which featured the palm tree blowing in the wind logo similar to the flagship location in Tulsa, OK. The Trade Winds motel in Waco published a postcard that gave a sideways peek at a Tiki on the motel sign.

Here is the postcard from my collection.

The building had a classic A-frame style with nice glass and rock wall features.

A close up of the sign. Looks like a cool Tiki up there flanked by Tiki torches.

I am sure that many an urban archaeologist has cursed the photographer for the lousy shot of that potentially impressive motel sign. Well, I found images of a matchbook from the motel with renderings of the sign - a Tiki modern Tiki in an outrigger with blazing Tiki torches - tr es cool!

Now your probably thinking that this place had to have a Polynesian lounge to go with the look of the sign... not so much. The on-site restaurant was the Der Duetche Hof, go figure!

DC