save our tiki history - General Tiki

D Dr.TikiMojo Tiki Socialite Elk Grove, CA Joined: May 26, 2006 Posts: 487	D Dr.TikiMojo Posted posted on Sat, Nov 18, 2006 2:07 AM Thank you vintagegirl for sending Nichols our way and THANK YOU Nichols for some the best and most informative information that we've had so far! :D OK everybody, you heard it, this is going to be a struggle and it's going to take a lot of us and require some work. I will keep trying to learn more but as I stated already I don't live in an area with Tiki locations that need saving. So I can only do so much! :( Other than that, the mention of the different levels...I also mentioned that sometimes the city government can enact the strictest preservation rules of all! In my city we have two "protected" districts, the Heritage District and the Saint Vincent's Hill District, (which is were we live). Both of these fall into the http://www.historicvallejo.org/ and as a homeowner and resident here I find this preservation group pretty strict, even homes built in the 1970's have to jump through all the same hoops because they "reside" within one of these two districts. AND THIS IS VALLEJO FOR GOD'S SAKE! A city with so little revenue they want the citizens to pay for public street and sidewalk repairs! My point being that if a city like Vallejo can form this strict of Historical Preservation group then there certainly is NO EXCUSE for a city like Beverly Hills, California or Ft. Lauderdale, Florida for the Mai Kai. Again, there aren't many people who are actively involved here in Vallejo either so again, there just is NO EXCUSE why a few concerned TCers that live in these cities or others with Tiki locations couldn't become involved with the City Council and start up a local preservation group....then you are also choosing a lot of what is and isn't allowed....because I certainly don't think the City of Vallejo pulled "no concrete, aluminum, vinyl or chain link fences" out of a book! They also dictate what can be built and how it's built via the "HISTORICAL APPROPRIATE PERMITS". If you all think it's really that difficult to start a group that calls public awareness and protective aid to "some unusual" locations when my wife and I traveled to Portland, Oregon we stayed at THE PALMS MOTEL, (in the Tiki Tour Book and walking distance to The Alibi Tiki Bar), they actually had a letter there from a Preservationist Group for NEON SIGNS thanking them for maintaining theirs!

Thank you vintagegirl for sending Nichols our way and THANK YOU Nichols for some the best and most informative information that we've had so far! :D

OK everybody, you heard it, this is going to be a struggle and it's going to take a lot of us and require some work. I will keep trying to learn more but as I stated already I don't live in an area with Tiki locations that need saving. So I can only do so much! :(

Other than that, the mention of the different levels...I also mentioned that sometimes the city government can enact the strictest preservation rules of all! In my city we have two "protected" districts, the Heritage District and the Saint Vincent's Hill District, (which is were we live). Both of these fall into the http://www.historicvallejo.org/ and as a homeowner and resident here I find this preservation group pretty strict, even homes built in the 1970's have to jump through all the same hoops because they "reside" within one of these two districts. AND THIS IS VALLEJO FOR GOD'S SAKE! A city with so little revenue they want the citizens to pay for public street and sidewalk repairs!

My point being that if a city like Vallejo can form this strict of Historical Preservation group then there certainly is NO EXCUSE for a city like Beverly Hills, California or Ft. Lauderdale, Florida for the Mai Kai.
Again, there aren't many people who are actively involved here in Vallejo either so again, there just is NO EXCUSE why a few concerned TCers that live in these cities or others with Tiki locations couldn't become involved with the City Council and start up a local preservation group....then you are also choosing a lot of what is and isn't allowed....because I certainly don't think the City of Vallejo pulled "no concrete, aluminum, vinyl or chain link fences" out of a book! They also dictate what can be built and how it's built via the "HISTORICAL APPROPRIATE PERMITS".

If you all think it's really that difficult to start a group that calls public awareness and protective aid to "some unusual" locations when my wife and I traveled to Portland, Oregon we stayed at THE PALMS MOTEL, (in the Tiki Tour Book and walking distance to The Alibi Tiki Bar), they actually had a letter there from a Preservationist Group for NEON SIGNS thanking them for maintaining theirs!

Post #267487 by Dr.TikiMojo on Sat, Nov 18, 2006 2:07 AM