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1961surf
Grand Member (3 years) 
Joined: May 03, 2007
Posts: 1895
From: Newport Beach, Ca .
|  Posted: 2009-04-13 09:36 am Permalink
I must get to Hawaii soon!!!
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Rum Balls
Grand Member (7 years) 
Joined: Oct 04, 2004
Posts: 828
From: Portland, OR
| Posted: 2009-06-02 4:58 pm Permalink
Update on IMP renovations...project on indefinite hold:
http://www.hawaiimagazine.com/blogs/hawaii_today/2009/5/21/Waikiki_International_Market_Place
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Wayfarer
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jun 03, 2009
Posts: 290
From: Mamlakat al-Baḥrayn
| Posted: 2009-06-03 10:33 am Permalink
I bought my tiki & tiki cane at that Market Place! (Not to mention kukui nut leahs & a ukelele)
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Kailuageoff
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 27, 2002
Posts: 1486
From: Honolulu Lounge,Lewes, DE
| Posted: 2009-06-03 6:05 pm Permalink
Righteous. That was my hood. Don't change it. Bankrupt Amerika has its virtue.
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christiki295
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Joined: Apr 09, 2003
Posts: 3616
From: LA-2547 mls east Hawaii &5500 Easter Is
| Posted: 2009-06-04 02:03 am Permalink
There is so much shopping already in Waikiki that there aren't enough chains to fill them!
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christiki295
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Joined: Apr 09, 2003
Posts: 3616
From: LA-2547 mls east Hawaii &5500 Easter Is
| Posted: 2009-06-04 02:03 am Permalink
There is so much shopping already in Waikiki that there aren't enough chains to fill them!
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christiki295
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Apr 09, 2003
Posts: 3616
From: LA-2547 mls east Hawaii &5500 Easter Is
| Posted: 2009-06-04 02:03 am Permalink
There is so much shopping already in Waikiki that there aren't enough chains to fill them!
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Kaiwaza
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Aug 06, 2003
Posts: 409
From: Waikiki Beach, Hawaii
| Posted: 2009-06-04 12:03 pm Permalink
I was okay with the second set of plans that called for an open air kiosk based shopping area with an open air food court w/ hula performance area and a stream running through...keeps the original feeling. However, yeah, I mean, do we need any more Prada and Gucci in Waikiki?? PLEASE!
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tikiyaki
Grand Member (5 years) 
Joined: May 18, 2004
Posts: 2677
From: The Exotic Port of REDONDO BEACH, CA
| Posted: 2009-06-04 12:09 pm Permalink
Leave it ALONE !
I say make it a Historical Landmark, preserve it, maintain it, cherish it. Maybe have more "hand made" goods vendors there, but otherwise, it's a landmark, and should be treated us such.
Waikiki has enough "upscale shopping" for 10 cities.
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metikiman1705
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Apr 02, 2008
Posts: 42
From: Roseville,Ca
| Posted: 2009-06-04 1:03 pm Permalink
I was fortunate enough to stroll through I/M at just around sunset a couple of years ago and then again at Sunrise the next day. It was a quiet, VERY exotic place in the heart of hotel sprawl. Too bad it can't be renovated and saved. At least those of us who got there can vouch for it's relaxed tikiness. Sorry to see you go I/M
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Rum Balls
Grand Member (7 years)
Joined: Oct 04, 2004
Posts: 828
From: Portland, OR
| Posted: 2009-07-01 10:48 am Permalink
Here's the latest...
http://www.hawaiimagazine.com/blogs/hawaii_today/2009/6/30/Waikiki_International_Market_Place_Update
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Mongoloid
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Joined: Apr 25, 2008
Posts: 555
From: Long Beach
| Posted: 2009-07-01 2:52 pm Permalink
This bad news is at least softened by the intent of the non-profit property owner that funnels all income to caring for the people of Hawaii. I really do want them to have the most money they can, but - I will never feel Waikiki is like 'home' once the International Marketplace is gone. The whole street has sold out to such a degree that Waikiki would no longer hold the magic it once had. What a bummer.
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christiki295
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Apr 09, 2003
Posts: 3616
From: LA-2547 mls east Hawaii &5500 Easter Is
| Posted: 2009-07-01 10:48 pm Permalink
Sad news, but I wonder if the financing will be there.
There already is soooo much commerical retail development in walking distance and Ala Moana Mall is just down the street. To build and a hotel or 2 & some condos wouldn't seem to justify the expense of buying allll that land.
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Sabu The Coconut Boy
Grand Member (8 years) 
Joined: Aug 20, 2002
Posts: 2784
From: Carson, California
| Posted: 2009-11-27 1:32 pm Permalink
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HelloTiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jul 23, 2005
Posts: 440
From: Kailua, Hawaii
| Posted: 2009-11-28 07:31 am Permalink
Waikiki & the Marketplace looked real fine in "2012" with nearby Diamond Head going off in eruptions. Don't worry. Gecko, along with the surviving Kailuans & Lanikites will rebuild the shoreline with a solid wall of Tiki stretching from Downtown to Hanauma Bay!
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