Tahitian Lodge, Naples, FL - a tiki motel that never was? - General Tiki

M Mo-Eye Member Taboo Island, USA Joined: May 17, 2006 Posts: 646	M Mo-Eye Posted posted on Wed, May 20, 2009 5:03 AM Found this interesting October 25, 1960 article in the St. Petersburg Times: "The Naples City Council has given Dudley Gallahue, Indiana promoter, another six months in which to develop a long promised shopping center and real estate venture in the Old Cove section of Naples. Gallahue also has agreed, according to the council announcement, that by January 1 he will tear down the half built Tahitian Lodge if it is not sold for development before that date. This skeletonized structure, just off Highway 41, in the heart of Naples city, has been generally regarded as an eyesore for nearly 2 1/2 years."
B bigbrotiki Tiki Socialite Tiki Island, above the Silverlake Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 11621	B bigbrotiki Posted posted on Wed, May 20, 2009 7:34 AM Interesting to see how many places with the "Tahitian" moniker sprung up in Florida. Or at least tried to, in this case. :)
UT uncle trav Tiki Socialite Kalamazoo Joined: Apr 27, 2005 Posts: 2459	UT uncle trav Posted posted on Wed, May 20, 2009 1:12 PM Heres a link to the Tahitian Inn in Ft. Myers FL. http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=28817&forum=2 "Anyone who has ever seen them is thereafter haunted as if by a feverish dream" Karl Woermann [ Edited by: uncle trav 2009-05-20 13:12 ]

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Mo-Eye Posted posted on Wed, May 20, 2009 5:03 AM

Found this interesting October 25, 1960 article in the St. Petersburg Times:

"The Naples City Council has given Dudley Gallahue, Indiana promoter, another six months in which to develop a long promised shopping center and real estate venture in the Old Cove section of Naples. Gallahue also has agreed, according to the council announcement, that by January 1 he will tear down the half built Tahitian Lodge if it is not sold for development before that date. This skeletonized structure, just off Highway 41, in the heart of Naples city, has been generally regarded as an eyesore for nearly 2 1/2 years."

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bigbrotiki Posted posted on Wed, May 20, 2009 7:34 AM

Interesting to see how many places with the "Tahitian" moniker sprung up in Florida. Or at least tried to, in this case. :)

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uncle trav Posted posted on Wed, May 20, 2009 1:12 PM

Heres a link to the Tahitian Inn in Ft. Myers FL.
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=28817&forum=2

"Anyone who has ever seen them is thereafter haunted as if by a feverish dream" Karl Woermann

[ Edited by: uncle trav 2009-05-20 13:12 ]