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Old Posted Aug 17, 2012, 1:48 AM
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Downtown Honolulu 1970

Source: Doug Johnson 1940@flickr.com

Source: Doug Johnson 1940@flickr.com

Old Town Honolulu 1956

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Waikiki 1961

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Waikiki 1960

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Waikiki 1957

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Looking towards Waikiki 1966

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Honolulu Harbor 1949

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Looking towards Diamond Head Crater from Punchbowl Crater. The dome in the photo is Honolulu Civic Auditorium on South King Street at Keeaumoku (built 1933, demolished 1974). Above it is the screen at Kapiolani Drive In Theater (built 1949, demolished 1962). In the distance is pre-Ilikai Waikiki.

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Dole Pineapple Tower - It had been demolished many years ago but I remember it when I was kid & always thought that it was cool.

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Hawaiian Village Hotel Kaiser Dome c1957
The iconic geodesic dome at the entrance to industrialist Henry J. Kaiser's Hawaiian Village Hotel on Kalia Road in Waikiki. Built 1957 for the world premier of the Cinerama movie "Around the World in Eighty Days." Demolished 1999 to make way for the Kalia Tower which opened 2001.

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King Theater Honolulu 1956
View looking diamond head along South King Street in downtown Honolulu from around Bethel Street.
The King Theater opened 1935 and closed 1986 per the 2011 Arcadia Publishing book “Theatres of Hawaii” by Lowell Angell. The movie “Blue Hawaii” starring “The King” (Elvis Presley) premiered here in 1961.

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Hackfield Building, corner Nimitz Hwg and Bishop Street, demolished, date unknown, Honolulu, Hawaii, Photo sources unknown

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Chinatown, c 1960s, Honolulu, Hawaii, Photo sources unknown

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Honolulu Chinatown Brothel before Urban Renewal,c 1960s, Honolulu, Hawaii, Photo sources unknown

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Downtown Japanese theater, date unknown, Honolulu, Hawaii, Photo sources unknown

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Fort Street Mall, Christmas, 1971, Honolulu, Hawaii, Photo sources unknown

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c 1950s Waikikian Hotel lobby, Honolulu, Hawaii. Demolished. photo source unknown.

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Fort Street before mall, c 1950s, Honolulu, Hawaii, Photo sources unknown

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