South Seas at the Pike, Long Beach, CA (bar) - Locating Tiki

KBT3 King Bushwich the 33rd Tiki Socialite Ling Cod Beach, CA 90808 Joined: Jan 10, 2005 Posts: 1737	KBT3 King Bushwich the 33rd Posted posted on Wed, Jan 10, 2018 1:44 PM Some background info on the area where the South Seas resided... The Pike was an amusement zone in Long Beach, CA from about 1900 to 1980. The Pike: History It was definitely NOT like Disneyland. It was frequented mainly by sailors from the nearby Naval base and, as former employees describe as, "many"painted ladies," "floozies," and "professional women from 16 to 60" who plied their trade". Nearby was an area of the city called The Jungle... LBPost: Welcome to the Jungle: The Forgotten Tale of Long Beach's Oceanfront Slum There are eight million stories found in the Pike (including Elmer McCurdy, do an internet search) but that is a whole different area of urban archaeology. Unlike many of the bars described here on TikiCentral, it is doubtful that the South Seas was visited by celebrities and middle class suburbanites.

Some background info on the area where the South Seas resided...

The Pike was an amusement zone in Long Beach, CA from about 1900 to 1980.

It was definitely NOT like Disneyland. It was frequented mainly by sailors from the nearby Naval base and, as former employees describe as, "many"painted ladies," "floozies," and "professional women from 16 to 60" who plied their trade". Nearby was an area of the city called The Jungle...

LBPost: Welcome to the Jungle: The Forgotten Tale of Long Beach's Oceanfront Slum

There are eight million stories found in the Pike (including Elmer McCurdy, do an internet search) but that is a whole different area of urban archaeology.

Unlike many of the bars described here on TikiCentral, it is doubtful that the South Seas was visited by celebrities and middle class suburbanites.

Post #783016 by King Bushwich the 33rd on Wed, Jan 10, 2018 1:44 PM