WAIKIKI NOW
A Photo Essay to follow the progress!!! |
Lewers Street is finished and beautiful!
A "must-see" on your next trip!!!
From ALOHA
JOE TV.com
Aloha Joe's Waikiki Adventure!!
we walk all around Waikiki
The second floor on Lewers! |
I have to have
one of these!!! |
Lewers Street is beautiful!! |
Everywhere you turn, there's a great view!
Wonderful restaurants and island music too!
Lewers Street is once again, a great place to hang-out!! |
NOW IT'S JUST CALLED....
The Royal Hawaiian Center
It used to be known as "The Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center,
" but they dropped the word SHOPPING!!!! Is there still shopping?
SURE, TONS OF IT!
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THE CENTER IS STILL NOT 100% FINISHED-But Close
Photos by Lovelyn Kobayashi
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Find the Cheesecake Factory!! |
It's hidden from view! |
The Center Court
We think?? |
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The Center looks
empty!! |
We've been following the Royal
Center since 2005....
Look below! |
Yes...empty! |
NEW PHOTOS FROM KATHY BOAST
Shot on Lewers Street in Waikiki
@ TheHilton Hawaiian Village!!
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Sunset @ The Hilton Hawaiian Village |
The Hilton's
new lagoon! |
The Hilton's
Rainbow Tower |
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The meandering beach! |
Two shadows!
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The ocean beyond the NEW lagoon! |
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Open
Again &
Beautiful!! |
New
Carpet! |
Step
onto
the Beach!! |
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UPDATE - PHOTOS from AUGUST, 2005 - BELOW
UPDATE - MARCH 2006
UPDATE - SEPTEMBER 2006
JIM & PAT STOCKMAN - Glendale, CA
Shot some Waikiki photos during Christmas '06
WAIKIKI NOW - UPDATE
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LEWERS - Taken in front of the ABC Store |
LEWERS - at night looking toward Kalakaua Ave |
LEWERS - looking
from Kalakaua Ave |
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Jim reports that "The Embassy Suites" is open.
<They made their deadline>
The Suites is located directly across from the ABC Store on Lewers.
It really looks like all the work they are doing is coming out
nicely.
The Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center will take quite awhile longer.
It's all open for business during construction.
Jim's 2
new shots can be seen on the ROYAL PAGE
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Jim, Pat & Sonya Mendez - Christmas in Hawaii 2006
Mahalo for the SNAPS! Aloha JOE® |
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Diamond Head, Oahu, Hawaii- 3/19/06
Green and sparkling with waterfalls!
<Photo by Kathy Boast>
THIS
PHOTO is "real" and has
NOT been re-touched!
In March, 2006, we were in Waikiki for the 9th Annual
Hawaii Music
Awards!
Kathy Boast took this "unreal" shot of
Diamond Head from the dining area of
The Royal Hawaiian Hotel!
The famous landmark was green and lush and
there are waterfalls too! Proving that March, 2006
was the wettest
month
anyone can remember! It really rained!
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Now, let's take a walk down Lewers Street
(These photos were taken by long-time listener to
Aloha Joe Radio )
Peter Sanderson!!! (11/06) Mahalo!
Photos by Peter Sanderson
NOTE IT SAYS...GRAND OPENING FALL 2006!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- THEY MADE IT!!!
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Corner of Saratoga Road & Kalia
Road
Where the McDonald's used to be...it's where the Trump Tower will
rise!! |
Across the street from Denny's
looking UP Lewers! |
Opening
Fall 2006 |
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EMBASSY SUITES taking
reservations for Jan 07! |
Lot's of restaurants!! |
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Let's take a walk!! |
Corner of Don Ho & Lewers...a
Starbucks! |
The work continues rain or
shine! |
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MAHALO PETER!
Sidewalk closed!!! |
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Where are all the people?
Waikiki - April, 2005
The face of Waikiki is always changing.
Since I only get to visit Hawaii once a year,
I really notice what's new, remodeled, or gone!
Some of the changes are good, and some are just impossible to relate to.
If you've stayed in Waikiki you most-likely know these streets, Lewers, Beachwalk
and Saratoga Road.
This is where many "Ohana" Hotels were located, a showroom or two and some famous restaurants, shopping and don't
forget the ABC Stores.
When I was there, it was a "ghost town."
Like being in a SCI-FI film...
where did all the people go?
I'm sure you visited at least ONE of these
landmarks.
The Buddha Bar - Davey Jones Ribs - Trattoria |
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COMING SOON - WAIKIKI BEACHWALK
This is an multi-million dollar Outrigger Hotel development which will transform this area into a "thing of
beauty." "Roy's Restaurant" was the first tenant to sign. They promise exceptional shopping,
entertainment,
food & of course, new Outrigger Hotels.
Shortly after our visit, the wrecking ball came down
hard on this area of Waikiki. The construction will continue for quite a while, so on your next trip, drop
by and take a few shots of the construction.
(Send them to us...and we'll "update" our story")
Let's continue our stroll down memory lane.....
The outdoor restaurant across from the Reef Hotel
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Ohana Waikiki Village Hotel
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Perry's Buffet
Closed
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Ohana Reef
Tower Notice
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Ready for
"the ball"
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Hotel Lobby
Stripped!
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The street
is empty!
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The chairs
are leaving too!
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Don Ho's Street-
is it staying?
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At the end of Lewers street you find two
"classic" hotels that aren't going anywhere.
The Halekulani Hotel |
The Outrigger Reef Hotel |
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Please do send us a photo of the area so we can
all follow the progress of the Waikiki Beachwalk!
Mahalo for walking with us...
<photos by: Kathy Boast - www.kathyboast.com>
These photos are from Chuck Pipe -
Guelph, Ontario, Canada - Shot August,
2005
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Lewers Street?? |
I just know it will be GREAT! |
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Aloha Joe will be in Waikiki -
March 14 - 20, 2006
So, look for some NEW photos at that time!!!! |
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