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Waikiki Tiki; Art, History and Photographs OFFICIAL THREAD |
TikiTacky
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Joined: Nov 23, 2010
Posts: 1319 |  Posted: 2014-06-23 5:11 pm Permalink
Phillip,are you still planning on releasing the eBook version of Waikiki Tiki with the additional material? I'm still hope to get a listen to an audio recording of Donn, and it appears you may have one of the few in existence.
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Phillip Roberts
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Joined: Sep 09, 2003
Posts: 1660
From: OAHU/Seattle
| Posted: 2014-06-25 2:16 pm Permalink
Aloha,
Well, yes... Thanks for asking. I am still planning that phase of the project... while I continue to work on WTA,H,&P-II.
However, Waikiki Tiki is STILL in print and I urge you to do so if you haven't read it yet. You'll not be disappointed. And, Bess Press has a nice discount on it ($17.21).
However,
Waikiki Tiki: Art, History, and Photographs ibook is now available as an ibook (looks great), but the bonus stuff like Donn's voice is not embedded yet.
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Waikiki Tiki; Art, History, and Photographs.
Available now from Bess Press Hawaii.
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ErichTroudt
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Joined: Mar 27, 2002
Posts: 629
From: SoCal
| Posted: 2014-09-11 8:48 pm Permalink
I know I'm late to the game.... But I got this Book today and Love it. Could be my new favorite Tiki Book. Great Pics and written nicely. I'm looking forward to spending some serious time with it.
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Phillip Roberts
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Joined: Sep 09, 2003
Posts: 1660
From: OAHU/Seattle
| Posted: 2014-09-29 09:22 am Permalink
Aloha Erich,
Thanks for taking the time to post about Waikiki Tiki! High praise indeed! I think the book is aging well.
There is now a Kindle version for $5.99 That's kinda neat!
best,
Phillip
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Waikiki Tiki; Art, History, and Photographs.
Available now from Bess Press Hawaii.
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Phillip Roberts
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Joined: Sep 09, 2003
Posts: 1660
From: OAHU/Seattle
| Posted: 2015-02-04 09:38 am Permalink
Aloha,
With the news that the Treetops restaurant in Manoa Valley has reopened with the eventual goal of a Paradise Park Rebirth, I thought I'd dig into the archives and find a picture that was taken too late to make the Waikiki Tiki book...
Enjoy! Hope the vintage Tiki's inside survived. They didn't shoot interiors in the video (but they are in the book.)
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Waikiki Tiki; Art, History, and Photographs.
Available now from Bess Press Hawaii.
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hang10tiki
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Joined: Jul 18, 2010
Posts: 7724
From: Las Vegas
| Posted: 2018-02-15 06:18 am Permalink
Good news
Saw a stack at a gift shop at the Hilton Hawaiian Village
Cheers bruddah
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hang10tiki
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Joined: Jul 18, 2010
Posts: 7724
From: Las Vegas
| Posted: 2018-02-15 06:44 am Permalink
Sad update as well
Hilton Hawaiian Village Tapa Tower
Both are now gone
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Phillip Roberts
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Joined: Sep 09, 2003
Posts: 1660
From: OAHU/Seattle
| Posted: 2018-02-15 10:10 am Permalink
Aloha and Mahalo Hang10.
Sigh. Gone. I really does look like there will be a time in the future when EVERYTHING photographed in Waikiki Tiki: Art, History, and Photographs will be lost. Glad I was there to document the 80-90% that remained then that's already disappeared.
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Available now from Bess Press Hawaii.
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Prikli Pear
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Joined: Jan 04, 2017
Posts: 499
From: New Braunfels, Texas
| Posted: 2018-02-15 11:57 am Permalink
Thanks for your efforts, Phillip. I received your book for Christmas and it really is exceptional. It seems people don't appreciate the historic value of a place until 10-20 years after they've bulldozed it to put up a strip mall.
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