Tiki Apartments (originally Tongaroa), Tacoma, WA (apartments) - Locating Tiki

T tikicoma Grand Member (9 years) wakinekona Joined: Jan 16, 2010 Posts: 839	T tikicoma Posted posted on Mon, Apr 16, 2018 9:23 PM The good news is I've finally found out who carved these and most of the rest of the tikis around the South Sound. From around 1965 to 1971 Art McKellips was the designer and primary carver at Cheney Art Woodcarving in Tacoma WA creating their tikis and reportedly thousands of other objects. Now the bad news. Renting an apartment in Seattle has become so expensive that Seattle area companies are now buying up Tacoma complexes, including the Tiki apartments, giving current residents 26 days to move and no response to what their plans are for the site! http://komonews.com/news/local/families-told-to-leave-tacoma-apartments-its-so-scary-it-brings-tears-to-my-eyes [ Edited by: tikicoma 2018-04-16 21:25 ]

The good news is I've finally found out who carved these and most of the rest of the tikis around the South Sound. From around 1965 to 1971 Art McKellips was the designer and primary carver at Cheney Art Woodcarving in Tacoma WA creating their tikis and reportedly thousands of other objects.

Now the bad news. Renting an apartment in Seattle has become so expensive that Seattle area companies are now buying up Tacoma complexes, including the Tiki apartments, giving current residents 26 days to move and no response to what their plans are for the site!

http://komonews.com/news/local/families-told-to-leave-tacoma-apartments-its-so-scary-it-brings-tears-to-my-eyes

[ Edited by: tikicoma 2018-04-16 21:25 ]

Post #786071 by tikicoma on Mon, Apr 16, 2018 9:23 PM