Tiki Central / Locating Tiki / Stanley Hong's Mannia Cafe , Detroit, MI (restaurant)
Post #661338 by bigbrotiki on Wed, Dec 12, 2012 3:32 PM
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One reason why I am thinking this was a church first (or maybe built from plans for one) is that the front obviously was inspired this 1947 Frank Lloyd Wright church, one of the earliest A-frame buildings:
An architectural historian friend of mine thought it could be a Minoru Yamasaki church:
...but I don't think so - maybe somebody from his office? |
