60s Chicago-area garage band The Dimensions - tiki album cover - General Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Thu, Apr 26, 2012 5:02 PM You're right Rob, those Marquesan Tikis were mostly used by Trader Vic's, many came from Tahiti: Here are some at the Munich Trader Vic's - still fully endowed!: They often stood at the entrances to the restaurants that were in hotel basements, here is a good one (with a Barney West Moai) at the short lived Berlin location. So my guess is this: This waterfall might have been installed as a sign/attention getter at the entrance of Vic's INSIDE the Chicago Palmer House Hotel - in the lobby...or at the side of the Hotel? That ceiling could be a porte cochere... Problem is the Palmer House was really old style, it would have stood out from the rest of the place...maybe that's why it disappeared?

You're right Rob, those Marquesan Tikis were mostly used by Trader Vic's, many came from Tahiti:

Here are some at the Munich Trader Vic's - still fully endowed!:

They often stood at the entrances to the restaurants that were in hotel basements, here is a good one (with a Barney West Moai) at the short lived Berlin location.

So my guess is this: This waterfall might have been installed as a sign/attention getter at the entrance of Vic's INSIDE the Chicago Palmer House Hotel - in the lobby...or at the side of the Hotel? That ceiling could be a porte cochere...

Problem is the Palmer House was really old style, it would have stood out from the rest of the place...maybe that's why it disappeared?

Post #633936 by bigbrotiki on Thu, Apr 26, 2012 5:02 PM