Post #268680 by puamana on Sat, Nov 25, 2006 3:12 PM

I think that may be the abandoned Black Sand Restaurant, which was part of the Sea Mountain at Punaluu Resort, built in the 1970's. The Sea Mountain Resort has been in the news recently, as there are proposed plans for more development. Here's a few articles about it:

http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2006/Sep/25/ln/FP609250338.html

http://pacific.bizjournals.com/pacific/stories/2006/09/25/focus1.html

an earlier article from 2003:
http://hawaiiislandjournal.com/2003/10a03b.html

Its mentioned in the Hawaiian Island Journal article that the restaurant had a mural painted by artist Herb Kane, depicting pre-contact Punaluu. The 20 ft. mural was stolen last year, by removing the whole wall from the restaurant. There's a photo of the painting and an article about that here:

http://starbulletin.com/2005/07/20/news/story5.html

I don't think I have any ephemera from there, but I'll check. Though its sad to see the dilapidated state of the buildings, at least you got to document them before they're completely gone. And I can't help but wonder what it may have been like to wander around the grounds, and see the building interiors back in their day, must have been cool. Those roofs are wild ! Thanks for sharing the photos and info !

[ Edited by: puamana 2006-11-25 16:42 ]