Post #144118 by delar on Tue, Mar 1, 2005 11:07 PM

Hi folks. Thanks for all the input on this wonderful website. I've been lurking for awhile but decided to register to post this news tidbit. I read in a local business newspaper that the Waikikian's Tiki Tower, the remaining building of what's left of the Waikikian Hotel, is being demolished in the next month or two to make way for a 38 story time-share tower (like we need another one of those). The Tahitian Lanai was already razed a couple of years ago, so now they are going to finish the job. Here is a link to the article in the online version of the newspaper (you will need to register, but it is simple and free).

http://pacific.bizjournals.com/pacific/stories/2005/02/28/focus2.html

There is also an editorial discussing it's unfortunate recent history and destruction in the same online edition.

http://pacific.bizjournals.com/pacific/stories/2005/02/28/editorial2.html

It may have already been posted before, but here is a link to a fan's Waikikian/Tahitian Lanai website, with some history and nice pics. Just go to the bottom of the page and click the Tiki Coffee Shop icon.

http://members.tripod.com/gregg-n/

I only live a block away from it. Guess I'll pay one last visit to the site to say aloha and mahalo one final time.

Apologies if any of this has been posted already.