Post #6053 by BC-Da-Da on Thu, Aug 15, 2002 8:42 PM

My aunt and uncle live in Marco Island (population 500). I recently went there with my wife, an while driving down the main road, we noticed that the Marriott hotel looked like it was built during the '50s or early '60s. We pulled in, went around back and found that there was indeed an A-framed back entrance and a whole host of fine Tikis (looked like Coombs carvings), and a sad little Tiki bar, were the Ma Tai was watered down and had little effect on my psyche. Still was kind of nice.

Furhter probing led me to find that there had been quite a few Modernism/Tropical-themed places on the island in the '60s. Seemed to have been a small paradise, until....