Post #489984 by Dustycajun on Sat, Oct 24, 2009 10:42 AM

On 2009-10-24 08:47, bigbrotiki wrote:
A fitting example of generic motel architecture, since the Hanalei succeeded in making itself look like that over its years of devolution.

Here is the page with my "In Memoriam Islands restaurant" photos:

http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?mode=viewtopic&topic=21689&forum=1&start=75

I couldn't believe the current abomination was dubbed "less cool" here on TC:

Went a few weeks ago, the restaurant is less cool, but the fountain is still there. Here's a couple of quick pictures

Tiki Oasis or not, that place is freakin' RUINED! The sad thing is that many folks won't know better, and will take this state of things as "Tiki style".

I feel you pain Bigbro. I was fortunate enough to stay at the Hanalei just as the construction for the big remodel was starting so I got to see most of the old stuff. I have an old postcard, it used to look like this:

Sabu,

Another great stealth postcard find with the Hanalei sign in the background.

Here are two postcards I have showing the exterior of the Hanalei.

The first is a rendering:

And the photo postcard, amazing how much it looks like the rendering.

DC

[ Edited by: Dustycajun 2009-10-24 10:45 ]