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| Caliente Tropics Resort Palm Springs, CA | ||
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| The Caliente Tropics Resort opened in 1964 as the Tropics Motor Hotel. There were four other locations in the Tropics Motel chain in Blythe, Indio, Modesto and Rosemead. In 2000, the motel was completely renovated and renamed. For more, see these websites: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10. |
| former Trader Island San Bernardino, CA |
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| Trader Island opened sometime in the mid-1960s. In 1970, it became Edwin Tan's Chinese Gardens. In 1975, it became the Imperial Palace Inn. Then in the mid-1980s, it became the Mandarin Garden. It is now home to the Scorpions Sports Bar & Grill. For more, see these websites: 1, 2, 3, and 4. |
| Bahooka Rosemead, CA |
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| The Bahooka restaurant opened in 1967 in West Covina. This was the second location, built in 1976. The two restaurants were consolidated in 1980. The lush interior features a shipwreck theme with bamboo, tortoise shells, nautical artifacts, and over 100 aquariums. Unfortunately, they were not open when I was there. For more, see these websites: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. |
| Outrigger Apartments Pasadena, CA |
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| The Outrigger Apartments retains a lot of nice details -- or at least they did. In 2008, just after these photos were taken, the place was remodeled and renamed the Huntington at Pasadena. The big tiki (shown top right) in front of the building has been removed. I'm not sure what's happened to the rest of the place. For more, see this website. |
| Hawaiian Village Apartments Norwalk, CA |
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| The Hawaiian Village Apartments is another survivor with lots of tiki details. For more, see this website. |
| Kala Kai Apartments Lomita, CA |
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| The Kala Kai Apartments has fun tikis and other details. For more, see this website. |
| Eli Kai Apartments Torrance, CA |
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| The Eli Kai Apartments features tikis, lava rock, carved beams, and more. For more, see this website. |
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