Feb 9, 2020
Give me 5! I’m still alive - McMenamins Elks Temple
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Give me 5! I’m still alive - McMenamins Elks Temple
Tacoma, WA. (February 2020)
565 Restaurant (Formerly Elks Temple), Broadway, Tacoma, 1980.
Source: Margolies, John, photographer. 565 Restaurant, Broadway, Tacoma, Washington. Tacoma United States Washington Washington State, 1980. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017703476/.
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Elks Temple Hotel Tacoma
This was our first time at the Elks Temple, we'd driven past before and I had heard it was pretty cool inside.
I enjoyed a lot of the décor.
The pub had a very nice view, and the design was pretty cozy with all the eclectic stuff- you can see the reflection of all the random light fixtures.
The room was nice enough.
We explored the whole place, I think my least favorite thing was this creepy guy in the elevator.... the rest of the people painted everywhere were nice, but he was the one creeper.
We went up to the 7th floor which is only a partial floor that overlooks the crazy 6th floor. The 6th floor is constructed with hotel rooms in the middle that are like little smaller buildings inside this big atrium, so we can see the "roofs" of those ones in the middle from here.
The tiki bar was amazing but somehow I only ended up with this photo from the little area next to it, but I liked the vintage Japanese art.
Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Los Angeles Elks’ Temple Highlights Importance of Fraternal Organizations
Mary Mallory / Hollywood Heights: Los Angeles Elks’ Temple Highlights Importance of Fraternal Organizations
The Elks Temple in an undated photo.
Note: This is an encore post from 2015.
Long a glamorous, outstanding example of Neo-Gothic Architecture and the powerful force of fraternal organizations, Los Angeles’ Elks’ Temple #99 still stands proudly at 607 S. Park View St. across from MacArthur Park. Now mostly an empty shell, the striking building once housed a busy Elks’ Temple that hosted all…
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