Another view of The Imperial Luau. - Collecting Tiki

B boutiki Tiki Socialite The fly-over states Joined: Jun 03, 2002 Posts: 497	B boutiki Posted posted on Wed, Nov 9, 2011 10:51 AM This thread is very old, but I thought I'd share this picture I just found. It's from an advertisement for Equipment Manufacturing Co. and Idea Assoc. Inc. in a 1960 issue of Florida Architecture. It's different views of the Imperial Luau in Pompono Beach, FL. I wish Basement Kahuna's image was not gone. Maybe he can re-post it, or if someone else has the postcard, please share. Sven used one of the postcard images on page 24 of the B.O.T. which gives a totally different impression of the space with the dark stone wall. This view shows that the room was actually more light and open with a floating balcony and a two-story high mirrored wall. A very different aesthetic than we are used to with vintage Tiki temples. Almost Tiki-Modern one could even say! In the ad, they even describe how they gently blended the Orient with contemporary architecture and how it gives "a warm, friendly mood" and "the open feeling of the islands... a true impression of a kingly Polynesian court." This images show that there were actually four of the two-sided Tiki support poles which means eight of the carved Tikis. I think we know where two or three of them are, I wonder what happened to the other five, not to mention the smaller figures behind the bar. So Bamboo Ben, does this mean we can consider using a white ceiling in our Tiki rooms now? -Duke The cover:

This thread is very old, but I thought I'd share this picture I just found. It's from an advertisement for Equipment Manufacturing Co. and Idea Assoc. Inc. in a 1960 issue of Florida Architecture. It's different views of the Imperial Luau in Pompono Beach, FL.

I wish Basement Kahuna's image was not gone. Maybe he can re-post it, or if someone else has the postcard, please share. Sven used one of the postcard images on page 24 of the B.O.T. which gives a totally different impression of the space with the dark stone wall. This view shows that the room was actually more light and open with a floating balcony and a two-story high mirrored wall. A very different aesthetic than we are used to with vintage Tiki temples. Almost Tiki-Modern one could even say! In the ad, they even describe how they gently blended the Orient with contemporary architecture and how it gives "a warm, friendly mood" and "the open feeling of the islands... a true impression of a kingly Polynesian court."

This images show that there were actually four of the two-sided Tiki support poles which means eight of the carved Tikis. I think we know where two or three of them are, I wonder what happened to the other five, not to mention the smaller figures behind the bar.

So Bamboo Ben, does this mean we can consider using a white ceiling in our Tiki rooms now?

-Duke

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Post #613353 by boutiki on Wed, Nov 9, 2011 10:51 AM