Post #606440 by Hakalugi on Mon, Sep 12, 2011 1:04 PM

Great news!

I too spotted that Tiki in Dominguez park a few years ago. I was able to identify it as the missing Barney West from a photo right here on Tiki Central: http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?mode=viewtopic&topic=18159&forum=2&start=0
(Same photo from Sven that's in the article linked above)

When I contacted Sven about finding the missing Barney West Tiki, I learned that Jonpaul had also located it and was already in contact with the city of Redondo Beach in regards to it.

In any case, here are some photos of it I took:

I visit this park often with my daughter but in June of 2009 I had noticed something I hadn't before. Looking through a chainlink fence into the storage area I immediately saw that a lot of brush had been cleared out. While looking at the piles of stuff that was not easily visible before, I spotted this:

I went around to the entrance of the storage area...:

...and was greated with this:

Fortunately there was a gap in the fence so I was able to get closer:

A short time later I went back and got some shots showing how big this thing actually is.
Kim on top of the Tiki:

Here's a shot turned sideways. That's me, I'm lining my feet up with the base and I'm about 5'10":

Maybe Jonpaul has some more goods on this.