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Hotel Taharaa, Papeete, Tahiti (hotel) |
Dustycajun
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Nov 16, 2007
Posts: 3916
From: Santa Barbara, CA
|  Posted: 2013-02-20 7:01 pm Permalink
Got a new postcard with a double view of the Hotel Taharaa.
Another photo of the Crissman Tiki under the A-frame.
And this is nice, the back side of the A-frame and the stone wall with the Polynesian motif.
DC
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danlovestikis
Grand Member (8 years) 
Joined: Jun 17, 2002
Posts: 3551 | Posted: 2013-02-23 08:46 am Permalink
Love the photos, thank you, Wendy
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Dustycajun
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Nov 16, 2007
Posts: 3916
From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 25 days ago; 4:53 pm Permalink
Thanks Wendy.
Here is a photo of the artist rendering for the Taharaa as seen on ebay.
Spectacular!
DC
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bigbrotiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 10556
From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 21 days ago; 01:01 am Permalink
Spectacular, yes, but also a harbinger of how mass tourism blew up the human scale of recreational edifices until the romance of the South Seas was no more.
Waikiki being the classic case, this unchecked development is what rightfully lead the younger generation to become disenchanted with their forefathers ways.
Don's original International Marketplace, the original Hilton Hawaiian Village, and the Waikikian Hotel vs the Ililkai are all examples of how capitalism bulldozed the grass hut.
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