Post #90268 by Benzart on Fri, May 7, 2004 8:45 PM

Bigbro, don't know how I missed this post back then but anyway it rang all kinds of bells. Herenmis my post in the Other VanDercar thread " grew up in Miami, 36th street NE and Biscayne Boulevard. VanDerCars house was on around 20th street 1 block eaast on Bisc Blvd. As Teens we (sister, brother and I) went to his house a few times. All the descriptions on these pages are pretty accurate. He was Strange. His local reputation was not favorable. Parents cautioned their kids to Stay away from the "perverts" house, lest bad things happen to you. He was Very friendly though and eagerly opened his home to strangers. I remember the wierd art work Everywhere. Sculptures, paintings and music. We enjoyed going to his house and sometimes he would be playing his piano. I don't remember any Tikis, but at the time in my early to mid teens, I don't think I knew what a Tiki was.
I just remember all the far-out art work. I have often wondered about the man and wish I had gotten to know him a bit.
Thats my story and I'm sticken to it.
This was in the mid sixties "
My younger brother by 4 years may actually know more about him than I. I only visited his home 3 times but was heavily impressed . I remember he invited us in the first time and just disappeared while we were alone browsing his living room.Every nook and cranny had some art object, Some Dark and demonic and a lot sexually explicit. I won't soon forget.