Aku Aku Motel postcard, from the collection of Tim Haack
Aku Aku Motel remodel, from Curbed LA
Curbed LA has photos of the recently completed remodel of the Aku Aku Motor Inn in Woodland Hills, just north of Los Angeles. Until very recently, the Aku Aku looked very much like the artist’s rendering seen in the above postcard from the collection of Tim Haack. The distinctive A-frame was demolished last fall, to make way for this completely blech new facade. Why did they even bother to keep the name?
- Ack, Ack, Aku Aku [Curbed LA]
- The Aku Aku Motel, Woodland Hills [Critiki]
March 6th, 2007 at 7:31 pm
Urgh! Disgusting.
March 6th, 2007 at 9:01 pm
Who are these people that think that remodel looks good? Sad
March 9th, 2007 at 3:50 pm
Sad… Lame doesn’t even describe the atrocity here. A beautiful a-frame gone stucco arch. What is the world coming to!
July 30th, 2007 at 8:57 am
I view with horror and sadness this abomination. A tiki landmark of my childhood has been defiled. May Tabanga come again from hell and wreak havoc upon the stucco with his actualized tree-bark driven assault.