European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 1, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse A 613-atre Manhattan like duller at sly Verapen met above Waikiki in Honolulu Many remit Fanti think development hat Gene lao far. Miami Beach of the Pacific a by Stewart Taggart associated press Early each evening the setting son cast san Auburn Hua Over the hotels Beach an surf of Cluster along seawalls and hotel patios quietly snapping pictures. Trial Lac often slows along Busy Katakana Avenue the Drivers distracted by the nightly show of col or of the wast the stunning Pacific Sunset is one of the few things that Haven t changed in Waskiw a 613-acre Cluster of High Rise hotels and apartments that is Home to 25,000 permanent residents and the playground of 80,000 tourists each week. I Don t think anybody 30 years ago could have sat Down and envisioned it planned it Inlet gently says Honolulu managing director . Anderson. Waikiki kind of evolved Waikiki now accounts for most of Hawaii s $4 billion tourist Industry by Lar the state s biggest source of income. Most of Hawaii s visitors spend at feast one night in Waikiki Ohen getting their Glrst exposure to the Aloha state along its warm Crescent of White Sand and Genelta Waves. La l widely regarded As Hawaii s Golden egg but Many wonder about Haimm s future in Competition with younger fresher resorts. For centuries Waikiki was a Rural area of Taro and fish Ponds fed by water from the Koolau mountains Island Royalty lived there. As the urbanization of Honolulu accelerated in the late 1800s, Waikiki attracted famous visitors men such As writers Robert Louis Stevenson and Jack London. In 1906 Lucius Pink servicemen particularly fort Deal with a Sandy Beach just West of v development in Waikiki must became a state arid Contos Iclal . Mainland began in 1959. Among thou who to Tuff. Chirm to the son of an imm Rar a one Lima Bank clerk and Stock Waikiki. I predicted in 1955thfll million tourists a year sometime 1r says. Inc Amain 1959," to built one of wait ski s most i Story Liikal which opened in 1962 the highest building in Wal kit the Boom really began in the through the Mld-70s," says Mic director of a Honolulu real Estat of a super hyper growth period we re going to pave the who it put up some obstacles to Slowi development process " among those obstacles was u and a Cap on the number of Rorr Waikiki. Some eel the development ol1 Lar others say it has not gone and it has All the aesthetics of and buildings and crowded streets trash an assistant professor of the University of Hawaii and an o anyone who comas Hare Thwin Lind Paradise is a fool track and Otto it he i tourism s detrimental effect on i population degrading hawaiian native Haw allans into Low pay Public ambivalence about Furlot been illustrated by debate Over construction projects the targe years. The first would be at condominium near where the t Pacific. I wednesday a
