Palm Beach Hawaiian Inn to be bulldozed - General Tiki

A AceExplorer Grand Member (8 years) Deep in the Jacksonville Flori-duh jungle. Joined: Apr 03, 2008 Posts: 2564	A AceExplorer Posted posted on Thu, Oct 22, 2015 7:40 AM Sad. From the photos, though, you can see elements in the architecture which are visible in so many other motels of the time, note especially the stair case. There was a handful of designs and layouts which were successful and were copied numerous times around Florida. I've stayed in a few of these over the years and they have a unique old smell. More are destined for the wrecking ball, so I should start taking some photos of these and the interiors. Many have the skinny 1/3 width light switch right next to the door, built right into the window frame. For example - similar but not identical:

Sad. From the photos, though, you can see elements in the architecture which are visible in so many other motels of the time, note especially the stair case. There was a handful of designs and layouts which were successful and were copied numerous times around Florida.

I've stayed in a few of these over the years and they have a unique old smell. More are destined for the wrecking ball, so I should start taking some photos of these and the interiors. Many have the skinny 1/3 width light switch right next to the door, built right into the window frame.

For example - similar but not identical:

Post #752972 by AceExplorer on Thu, Oct 22, 2015 7:40 AM