Da Big Find Link - Collecting Tiki

R rustbeltcat Member Steel City Joined: Jan 13, 2004 Posts: 179	R rustbeltcat Posted posted on 03/04/2004 Bit more info, Mr Connelly aparently was a driving force behind the Pittsburgh Regatta,(Powerboat races) the Gateway Clipper fleet,(paddleboats that go up and down our rivers), And a whole string of Hotels, The one that these Tikis came from may have been his first according to my source, I am still looking into other unknown Tiki sites in the Pittsburgh area. as well as trying to find out more on the Connelly inn. PS It opened somtime in the early sixties, there was an aparent Tiki boom in the area around then..

Bit more info,
Mr Connelly aparently was a driving force behind the Pittsburgh Regatta,(Powerboat races) the Gateway Clipper fleet,(paddleboats that go up and down our rivers),
And a whole string of Hotels, The one that these Tikis came from may have been his first according to my source, I am still looking into other unknown Tiki sites in the Pittsburgh area. as well as trying to find out more on the Connelly inn.
PS It opened somtime in the early sixties, there was an aparent Tiki boom in the area around then..

Post #79003 by rustbeltcat on 03/04/2004