Post #188461 by Kono on Fri, Sep 23, 2005 3:48 PM

On 2005-09-23 08:08, bongofury wrote:
Was the International Village the original name for the International Market Place? I did a search on this artist and found nothing. Seems odd that we have not heard of this guy......or have we?

On 2005-09-23 10:44, filslash wrote:
The International Market Place's original projected name was "The Hawaiian Village." While trying to secure funds for the venture, Don Beach, took Henry Kaiser to dinner, and told him his secret plans. Kaiser decided to open his own rival hotel and complex, and took the name (and much of Don's staff like singing waiter Alfred Alpaka) hence the secondary name for the complex.

I've got a copy of that same magazine with the Brownlee article and, as bongofury quoted, it says that he is currently working on the decor of the new International Village "a project that will carry him well into the new year."

In the same issue is an ad for The International Marketplace. It's a couple of pages prior to the table of contents (the ad pages are not numbered). By the look of the photos in the International Marketplace ad it appears that the Marketplace was well up and running while the International Village was still being built. Looks that way anyhow. Does that mesh with what you've learned filslash?