Interview with the head decorator of Trader Sam's - General Tiki

B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Fri, May 9, 2014 7:53 AM DC, don't bother people with all that HISTORY! :) http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/cliftons-brookdale-cafeteria/ "….Clifton’s over-the-top interiors also had influential admirers. “Welton Beckett, who designed the original Brookdale, was best friends with Walt Disney,” says Meieran. “Several people who knew him said that Disney went to Clifton’s and was inspired by the design. There had already been fantasy architecture, but Clifton’s took it to a new level.” Disneyland, the pinnacle of fantasy environments, wouldn’t open for another two decades."

DC, don't bother people with all that HISTORY! :)

http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/cliftons-brookdale-cafeteria/

"….Clifton’s over-the-top interiors also had influential admirers. “Welton Beckett, who designed the original Brookdale, was best friends with Walt Disney,” says Meieran. “Several people who knew him said that Disney went to Clifton’s and was inspired by the design. There had already been fantasy architecture, but Clifton’s took it to a new level.” Disneyland, the pinnacle of fantasy environments, wouldn’t open for another two decades."

Post #716430 by bigbrotiki on Fri, May 9, 2014 7:53 AM