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Ala Moana Shopping Center, Honolulu, HI (other) |
Sabu The Coconut Boy
Grand Member (6 years) 
Joined: Aug 20, 2002
Posts: 2426
From: Carson, California
|  Posted: 2009-10-28 11:26 pm
Name:Ala Moana Shopping Center
Type:other
Street:1450 Ala Moana Boulevard
City:Honolulu
State:HI
Zip:
country:USA
Phone:
Status:operational
Description:
Built on reclaimed swampland in 1957. The largest shopping mall in the world when it opened in 1959 - it is still the largest open-air shopping center in the world, with over 290 shops.
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Sabu The Coconut Boy
Grand Member (6 years)
Joined: Aug 20, 2002
Posts: 2426
From: Carson, California
| Posted: 2009-10-28 11:44 pm
Photos and artist's renderings of the mall from its earliest days show architecture that is both Hawaiian and Modernist at the same time, with some tiki thrown in as well.
 An artist's rendering of the entire shopping center. Towards the right you can see the Sears store, which is still one of the anchor stores today.
A close-up of the old McInerny's Department store.
A cool rendering of a tiki and Hawaiian petroglyph fountain.
And an actual photo of possibly the same fountain (although there were three of them inside the mall)
Another fountain in the outside courtyard that resembles a Hawaiian warrior in one of those gourd helmets.
Where that giant fork and spoon set you found might have come from originally.
I'd be interested in seeing photos of more of the polynesian-themed stores in this mall as well as photos of the shopping center itself, so please post them.
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bigbrotiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 7827
From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2009-10-29 12:02 am
Ooooh, nice Tiki Modern there, Sabu.
That petroglyph fountain was executed by Edward Brownlee, who also did these two dudes for the McInerny Men's Store at this mall:
Read all about Brownlee in Jeff Berry's Sippin' Safari!
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naugatiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jan 02, 2004
Posts: 674
From: Port Angeles, Wa
| Posted: 2009-10-29 05:41 am
Great photos, I think that place became a victim of its success since all the empty space was quickly filled up with boxy shops with no respect to the original modernist design. Also worth noting is that the center is in the shadow of the La Ronde restaurant with its revolving flying saucer design. Its architect John Graham Jr also did The Space Needle and the Ilikai which is a stones throw from Ala Moana.
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Dustycajun
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Nov 16, 2007
Posts: 1812
From: Santa Barbara, CA
| Posted: 2009-10-29 07:35 am
Sabu,
Another great brochure.
The Ala Moana also had the Down Under Bar with aboriginal cocktails.
And the Coral Reef restaurant. That logo looks a lot like Mr. C's at the Outrigger Motel.
DC
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naugatiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jan 02, 2004
Posts: 674
From: Port Angeles, Wa
| Posted: 2009-11-19 6:10 pm
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Sabu The Coconut Boy
Grand Member (6 years)
Joined: Aug 20, 2002
Posts: 2426
From: Carson, California
| Posted: 2010-02-11 11:08 am
Researching Hawaiian sculptors, I found out that this sculpture is titled "Waiola Fountain" and was done by George Tsutakawa.
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john-robes
Member
Joined: Feb 26, 2010
Posts: 1 | Posted: 2010-02-26 07:23 am
it really looks very great and in fact it is
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Kailuageoff
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 27, 2002
Posts: 1481
From: Honolulu Lounge, Central Florida
| Posted: 2010-02-26 10:13 am
Thanks. These bring back memories for me. I went shopping at the Sears in Ala Moana for a Primo Beer aloha shirt with my grandparents when I was about 10 years old. On a previous visit my dad had decided I couldn't have one. He was really ticked off they bought it for me. Later, my friends and I would cut class and ride The Bus to Ala Moana to hang out. Maybe it was due to the bad influence of that Primo shirt, but we were kind of a 1970's Hawaiian version of mall rats. My best friend's mom taught hula and her class used to perform on a stage in the middle of Ala Moana and at the International Marketplace sometimes.
Fun times.
KG
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