Hawaii Kai, NYC in Scorcese's 'Goodfellas'? - General Tiki

D donhonyc Tiki Socialite The Quiet EAST Village Joined: Jan 13, 2003 Posts: 1196	D donhonyc Posted posted on Mon, Dec 24, 2007 5:28 PM On 2007-12-23 17:31, Tipsy McStagger wrote: okay..the official closing date of the hawaii kai was new years eve..... 1988/89...... OK....along with the video, this information just makes me a prime candidate for my very own ASS KICKING MACHINE!!!!! I have lived in NYC since 1986 and I don't recall ever seeing or hearing about the Hawaii Kai during that time. Where in the F*CK was I??? I can't tell you how p.o.'d I am about this. The place closed in 1990?? What the hell was wrong with me?? My only self forgiveness is that NYC at that time was so filled with weirdness, that you never thought it was going to go away. Little did we know the sanitation that was going to happen in the mid 90s. The old NYC that had been there up to that time was totally taken for granted by me, no question about it. All of that broken down beauty that was there when I first moved in looked like it was there for good. This happens to me alot with old theaters too. Once I find out about them, wham...they're gone. So for the past few years I've been pretty vigilant. If I hear about these places, I'm there and I try to go as much as possible. I just want to go stand on that corner where the Hawaii Kai used to be and just yell at the top of my lungs....DAMN!!!!!!

On 2007-12-23 17:31, Tipsy McStagger wrote:
okay..the official closing date of the hawaii kai was new years eve..... 1988/89......

OK....along with the video, this information just makes me a prime candidate for my very own ASS KICKING MACHINE!!!!! I have lived in NYC since 1986 and I don't recall ever seeing or hearing about the Hawaii Kai during that time. Where in the F*CK was I??? I can't tell you how p.o.'d I am about this. The place closed in 1990?? What the hell was wrong with me?? My only self forgiveness is that NYC at that time was so filled with weirdness, that you never thought it was going to go away. Little did we know the sanitation that was going to happen in the mid 90s. The old NYC that had been there up to that time was totally taken for granted by me, no question about it. All of that broken down beauty that was there when I first moved in looked like it was there for good. This happens to me alot with old theaters too. Once I find out about them, wham...they're gone. So for the past few years I've been pretty vigilant. If I hear about these places, I'm there and I try to go as much as possible. I just want to go stand on that corner where the Hawaii Kai used to be and just yell at the top of my lungs....DAMN!!!!!!

Post #351125 by donhonyc on Mon, Dec 24, 2007 5:28 PM