UNBUILT: Motel planned for University Avenue had Mid-Century flair
Proposed in 1961 for a triangular-shaped site on the north side of Eighth Street (now University Avenue) at its junction with Highway 395/60 (now I-215/Hwy 60), the Kon Tiki Restaurant and Motor Inn apparently never got beyond the drawing board. The reported $1 million project was to include four, two-story wings containing 96 rooms, two…