Waikiki Natatorium
The 82-year-old Waikiki War Memorial Natatorium is crumbling and has been closed for years. The city is deciding whether to restore it or turn the site into a beach.
A 17-member task force formed to help the city decide the future of the Waikiki War Memorial Natatorium remains highly divided going into its final meeting today, in which members will vote on whether the 82-year-old landmark should stay or go.
The fate of the war memorial natatorium, with its swimming pool, bleachers and arched facade, has been in limbo since 1979, when it was shut down because of safety concerns. Since then, the site has continued to deteriorate, creating a multimillion-dollar problem for the city.
Today, the natatorium's deck has massive holes where concrete has corroded or fallen away. The city has also warned for years that the deck and perimeter walls are collapse hazards.
The landmark is on the national and state registers of historic places.
For details on this story about the Waikiki Natatorium and ultimate decision, please read the complete story as published in the "Honolulu Advertiser". (Please note, newspaper article links often expire or are moved after 30 days).
To learn more, please visit the Waikiki Natorium War Memorial Organization's website.
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As an old-fashioned kama'aina, Douglas...my vote would be to restore it. Any landmark registered as a historic place should be saved, IMO. I'm still disappointed at my last visit back home to find that the Diner's on Keeamoku had been razed. No more Kahuku Sugar Mill...no more sugar cane fields galore in Makakilo...guess it's not the O'ahu that I grew up in. But then again, neither is the California that we live in today...my husband remembers when South San Jose was just cherry orchards in the boonies! ;)
Leilani
Lelani, I just read in the newspaper this morning that a decision was made to raze the landmark. How sad.