Post #590235 by tikiyaki on Sun, May 22, 2011 8:10 PM

This weekend as Caliente Tropics III was in full swing right next door, there apparently was a small tremor that caused the front right main beam of the iconic A Frame of the Caliente Tropics to break, lowering the structure several feet, and even cracking the tiki at the peak to crack in half.

Lots of speculation about Bad Kharma are milling about, but, despite having very Tiki UN-Friendly owners, this puts it in serious risk of demolition,and although the owners shun us as a community, I feel that some effort from us all to convince the owners to restore it, as oppose to just knocking it down. would be be a good idea. Perhaps some help from the Palm Springs Modern Committee would be persuasive too. We all know they don't really embrace the tiki thing, but it's an icon worth taking the effort to save.

Although, they basically have driven bith Tiki Oasis AND Tiki Caliente out of the hotel, the historical significance is bigger than that.

What's even worse is, I heard it happened during the Tikiyaki Orchestra set on Saturday night. :o

Anyway, here is the contact info for the Tropics, should anyone decide to write and tell them they care enough and would like to see it repaired.....Telling them how much you like staying there and are looking forward to staying there again soon would help too, since it seems that money talks when it comes to the current "management".

http://www.calientetropics.com/contact-us.php

Anyway, here are the pics courtesy of Tiki Ray, and Polynesian Pop.

[ Edited by: tikiyaki 2011-05-22 20:18 ]