Post #698578 by Phillip Roberts on Wed, Nov 6, 2013 8:09 AM

Aloha,

On 2013-11-06 01:56, nui 'umi 'umi wrote:
A friend who works at the Princess told me that the hotel will be closed for three years due to major renovations. The 27 story tower directly adjacent to the marketplace is the only building that will not be razed. My friend did not know the name of the corp. doing the work or who was funding the project. She too is hopeful that the Banyan tree is not removed and that the site will be beautiful when the project is complete although rumors abound about Nieman- Marcus and other high end stores coming in. Construction is to begin early next year on the Princess, same as the marketplace.
Hope this is not old news.

Yes, the Princess Kaiulani is slated for construction 8/2014 according to my informants.

Yes, all vendors at the International Market Place have been told to be gone by 12/31

I'll be leading two last Waikiki Tiki walking tours... 12/7 and 12/13 (Friday). PM me for details if you'll be in town and want to come along. (Will also do some filming for the Waikiki Tiki e-book)

Btw,a good number of the tikis at tiki town are foam- that's not to say there are not of lot of items worth saving at this historic site. Tugs at my heart strings, I was first there in 1966. So sad.

Yeah, Rick does them... He's a partner at Tiki Town. Foam pour or not, at least they are Tiki... Here's his website

Waikiki Tiki; Art, History, and Photographs.
Available now from Bess Press Hawaii.

[ Edited by: Phillip Roberts 2013-11-06 08:09 ]