The History of Waikīkī (1989) | PBS HAWAIʻI CLASSICS

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This rebroadcast of Spectrum Hawaiʻi episode "Waikīkī" reveals the history of the world-famous area.
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Classics Episode 112 (Spectrum 701)
Original Airdate: 3/15/89
Rebroadcast Date: 2/8/23
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@user-xl1wz8cf1d Ай бұрын

私は日本に住んでいる日本人です。ウクレレを弾いているお爺さんのアロハシャツと同じ物が家にありビックリしました。昔から家にあったので1960年代のアロハシャツだと思います。大切にします。

@ikaikamaleko8370 Жыл бұрын

No place like home, the food, the ppl, the beaches, flowers, fauna, the mana, one of a kind.

@ggrace1133 Жыл бұрын

So true. I’ve often wished I was born Hawaiian, I love the people and culture so.

@mikethompson3534 Жыл бұрын

Mr Hong you couldn’t have said it any better about kids now days. Kids now days are mentally challenged and can’t interact with other people because they are locked up in their rooms staring at a phone or computer screen

@Kim-mz8co Жыл бұрын

Thank you for posting this presentation. Hawai'i was my home for 9 years. I get a very different sensation when I remember Hawai'i than I do from thoughts of ANY of the amazing places and 4 countries I've lived in. I taught in schools there, did social work with the elderly, and published bilingual Hawaiian-English books while I was there. Watching this video triggers so many sensations of smells, sounds, and the feeling of water and sunsets. My skin aches and I experience a sadness and appreciation for old home Hawai'i. Thank you. Best wishes from Cambodia.

@pohanahawaii Жыл бұрын

🌺 Mahalo nui loa, PBS Hawai'i!

@lprks60 Жыл бұрын

Stayed at the Moana Resort in the 1980’s for $100 the whole week ! Beautiful, had the original wood paneling that I think is painted now. Don Ho would sing in the lounge 😊

@thomarch81 9 ай бұрын

I'm from mainland/Missouri with an awesome island adventrue career living/working as design resort Architect over 7 years in late 1987 -1993 in Waikiki! This at the time this video created & thank you / Mahalo for posting this as memories are back then for me! Still have colleagues/friends there keeping in touch! How Waikiki to airport has further grown & has changed with each visit back up to 2020s!

@JAnotherday Жыл бұрын

Wonderful old times! Thank you

@youtube8775 7 ай бұрын

So, it's been almost 40 years & the canal hasn't noticeably risen. I don't think we need to worry about it reaching the 1st floor in our lifetime, much less the 7th floor, ever.

@fabulousfinds1045 Жыл бұрын

Listening to Chinn Ho is so sad - if he only saw Waikiki now: Vegas style strip with high end stores and homeless encampments lining the beach...

@mariomacias1146 2 ай бұрын

Is it worth going?

@paula889 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for posting the classic videos.

@MilesCobbett Жыл бұрын

I used to drive a red Paradise Pedicab in Waikiki back in 1980. I had been a bicycle racer back on the mainland before moving to Hawaii and couldn't believe I could get a job using my cycling skills and make money providing a service for Tourist Visitors :) 😀

@tonytygrrHI 11 ай бұрын

Yeah! When the pedicab used to be able to park on left and right of Kalakaua Avenue! I remember!

@dougl945 10 ай бұрын

Then they banned the pedicabs. When I moved to Waikiki in 1991, they were already gone.

@laurakibben4147 5 ай бұрын

Does the island allow Uber, door dash, etc? Traffic was already bad enough last time I was there in '12 and I know what those damn courier services caused to my home city post COVID 🤬🤬

@4700_Dk 5 ай бұрын

Lewers street was where they parked, by Moose’s.

@dtna Жыл бұрын

I miss the old Oahu.... The outdoor Ala Moana Mall, Ward Warehouse, Kalapana, C&K and Mililani Town! Waikiki wasn't a beach. All the sand there was shipped over from Manhattan Beach in CA until the '70s.

@kamuelalee Жыл бұрын

I remember watching these shows as a kid in Kaneohe. Mahalo for reposting.

@Mikenopolis Жыл бұрын

It's June 2023 and my first time in Waikiki I would've like the old Waikiki, what I'm seeing now isn't what imagined it to look like. It's now similar to the Vegas strip, just quieter and less crowded, and with a beach that you can't see unless you go through a hotel or alley. The International Market Place is just an outdoor mall. Being from Southern California and living 10 minutes from the beach, It's almost not worth it to come here. Luckily good food can still be found.

@viethuynh6808 Жыл бұрын

I lived in Waikiki from 2009-2019. I love Hawaii. Now I’m living in California. The weather is always warm in Hawaii. I just ride the bus 8 kuhio to Ala Moana to diamond head clubhouse. Paul Newell is the director of the clubhouse. I work at times supermarket and kalani high school.

@laurakibben4147 5 ай бұрын

Da bus!

@MM5150LA Жыл бұрын

My first experience with being in paradise was in 1972 went back with mom and dad in 1975 papa had to return to the mainland and my mama enrolled me in Kaimuki high school so I started high school in Hawaii we did not want to return to Los Angeles California but my parents were still married and loved each other for 65 years anyway I did not make it back to paradise until 1980 stayed until 1984 got stupid and left went back in 1997 and been stuck in hell ever since LA Ca oh how I wish to return to paradise and go hopefully to heaven from paradise God how I miss paradise 😢

@US_ARMY_25_INF._DIV. 2 ай бұрын

I lived there from 84 to 2007.....I am moving back in 2024 as a 60 year old and am going to die there hopefully ......I had to leave due to a drug/meth problem at age 42....glad i am coming back to live there on my pensions...i am a white boy from NY, but the 808 is my home...

@robertivers4200 4 ай бұрын

Took a surf lesson on Waikiki in 1965 at the age of 16. I was in Heaven😊 then we went to Kauai to the Coco Palms and it was paradise❤😊❤changed my life forever. Got married in Maui 1978 stayed at Hana. Went t9 Mona twice in 80s but always wanted to go back to Kauai to Hanalei. Instead I just keep a Hawaiian themed home😊Aloha❤

@normamattson-liu1412 Жыл бұрын

I love all of this, the song and music, the pictures, the people sharing stories. I'm going to look for more of these ... 🤙🤙

@TheWoodensong Жыл бұрын

I really loved the entire video but hearing Andy Cummings singing his song, “Waikiki” put me over the top! His “outgoing music that ran during the closing credits were awesome as well…. Now, I gotta find the music to the “Waikiki” tune and or it up on my ukulele…

@dougl945 10 ай бұрын

I moved there about this time. Stayed 10 years. I miss it. It’s not the same anymore.

@myronyoshioka8742 Жыл бұрын

Great video and a wonderful recollection of our precious past.....Mahalo Plenty

@alicen.5943 5 ай бұрын

Interesting how Mr. Datong talks about the ozone layer. Which we now call Climate Change. Much has changed in out climate since those days. I miss my Hawaii. I was blessed to grow up there from elementary to high school, right there is Waikiki and then Kapahulu, and Salt Lake. Hawaii is the only place my soul felt at ease and at home.

@lindawoody8501 11 ай бұрын

I've only visited Waikiki four times and three times at the Sheraton Moana (once in the then 1970 new tower addition). Lovely lovely place and nice historical exhibitions. My Grandfather was US Navy and was in the islands a few times for months on end on Oahu and the Big Island near Volcano.

@hawaiianheartbreakherstory_tm Жыл бұрын

You forgot the mention my 3rd great grandfather high Chief Kahope was the original land owner of Waikiki “beach” bestowed to him by king kamehameha at the wedding of queen Ka’ahumanu.

@danielroque8504 10 ай бұрын

I was sitting in a restaurant (Its closed now, but served great food) across from the Hilton Hawaiian village Waikiki. The family next too me asked is there anything authentic Hawaiian here? (my answer was no). They said, we could have just went to Santa Monica.

@dougl945 10 ай бұрын

It is a world that is now lost. People in 50 years will remember 2023 being the good times.

@nagai2962 Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for posted!! I enjoyed it to see the very natural and nature of the local Hawaiian community!! My first time to visit with Hawaii was1980. It was a lot of condominiums and Hotels around the Waikiki street. But, it wasn’t resort of tourist areas . I remember that I see small local stores and restaurant in the street. I didn’t see the big shopping mall. We were staying at motel where the just couple blocks from Waikiki beach. Now, I’m kind of disappointed in the Waikiki beach area. Because, very expanding in the business and density of the tourist.,,,,,, ☹🙁😔😞

@johnrobb9408 Жыл бұрын

I did enjoy this show. Still hearing "Waikiki " every day at ORH!

@kapenaliu Жыл бұрын

Please post the waialua one next!! 😭 i know you guys gettum!!

@jeffjeff4477 Жыл бұрын

Love Waikiki

@williamwoolcock 3 ай бұрын

What role did Jack London play in bringing in tourists? Great book, "Jack London in Hawaii". With "The Royal Sport" - a humorous look at surfing. A top seller on the mainland 1906.

@hwn8088 Жыл бұрын

We Love Waikiki For What it Has Done For U and Me 🏖 ALOHA OI 🏄‍♂️

@davec3651 Жыл бұрын

Miss the good days

@rodazi 3 ай бұрын

35 years after this aired, it doesn't look like it's changed all that much. The biggest difference I noticed was at 19:31 as the shot crosses the Ala Wai on Ala Moana Blvd into the neighborhood. It looks like the Prince Hotel was less than half way through being constructed, and the Grand Waikikian (which is now a dominating presence) hadn't gone up yet. Also, it seems that sea level rise has become less of an issue than shoreline erosion.

@jonhashi6965 Жыл бұрын

This video was on point about sea level rise. Common sense was good back then.

@youtube8775 7 ай бұрын

Unless you are joking, tell me you don't know math & have never seen the Ala Wai Canal without telling me.

@rjeezy6783 Жыл бұрын

Love the sound of that ukulele

@dixiewrinkle 10 күн бұрын

oh how i love this at 28:00 laughing i do not like the cold mainland weather, EITHER!!!

@rreznor660 Жыл бұрын

James Datong…it’s over 30 years… when is the water going to start to rise?

@drewroycroft 3 ай бұрын

First time I went to Waikiki was in March 2020 right before Covid started. It was beautiful and not many people were visiting. This year I went back to Waikiki in February and it was so crowded and prices were ridiculous compared to 2020. People who are not native to Hawaii needs to stop moving there. It’s not a state of mind but a state of grace. I wish I could’ve been there in the 1900s.

@d.808lf5 Ай бұрын

24:53, well, here we are 35 years later and the polar caps haven't melted and Waikiki is still above ground.

@pulehushortribs157 Жыл бұрын

I grew up in Waikiki in the 60s and 70s lived in the jungle on Wai Nani Way, I went to Jefferson Elementary on Ala Wai and Kapahulu, at 6 learned how to Paipo at The Wall and at 11 got my first surfboard. We used to play hide and seek in the zoo when there was no waves. what a great place to grow up! A real melting pot, I pray the rising seawater doesn't make it unlivable, that would be heartbreaking if my beloved Waikiki would be only a memory

@1veryreal 10 ай бұрын

This was before 1989. The “experts” told us the sea level would destroy cities by 1996, 2000, then 2010, then 2014, and so on. It hasn’t risen at all. When the experts like Al gore and others continue to buy ocean front real estate you have to question all their predictions and statements that never came

@pulehushortribs157 10 ай бұрын

you are out of your mind or simply ignorant, or both, obviously you haven't been keeping up with current world affairs concerning the very real current consequences of global warming around the world or you have let your mind be corrupted by those who would lie for their own selfishness, like that fraud trump, if you haven't yet, I suggest you visit miami at high tide, talk to the local government and the military about sea level rise and what they are doing right now to keep miami liveable. I don't want to say you are an idiot but no other description seems to fit properly.@@1veryreal

@youtube8775 7 ай бұрын

The water won't rise enough, but all of the islands will sink & new ones will be born over the course of millions upon millions of years. By then, there will be multiple mass extinctions and "dominate" species that will come & go, as has been the case on Earth since the big bang. Our only hope for survival as a species is to learn how to live in multiple places throughout the Universe.

@pulehushortribs157 7 ай бұрын

you sound like a redneck, check close to home, ask the insurance companies in Florida about 2024 flood insurance coverage. WILL THey OR WON'T They. Do some research just like your savior Q told you too DO and stop talking like you know something, you know nothing about It. this is 2024 hillbilly lets talk about 2024 and stop spreading your stink spin!! and if you think the sea level all around the world hasn't risen, you're IGNORANT of what's happening around the world, too much time in the MUD@@1veryreal

@TheManofsorrows 10 ай бұрын

Waikiki is also my home but my real home is with the Lord.

@Me97202 Ай бұрын

🙄

@mikeycbaby Жыл бұрын

Prophetic towards the end with regards to climate change.

@ghaili1175 Жыл бұрын

Aloha Waikiki

@kathlynemarkham3119 8 ай бұрын

MAHALO ♥️🤗🙏

@ceciliagarrido2966 4 ай бұрын

No cabe duda que todo tiempo pasado fue mejor.

@iprey4surf 3 ай бұрын

I remember when the Japanese were buying up everything in the late 80's and prices 'rose' so much. Almost laughable compared to what they are now.

@US_ARMY_25_INF._DIV. 2 ай бұрын

@johnrobb9408 Жыл бұрын

Still waiting for the climate sea rise...

@Malama_Ki 3 ай бұрын

2024: 35 years later and not a single home for sale under a MILLION dollars ANYWHERE on the island and homelessness is rampant.

@timothyzakaria7397 Жыл бұрын

Point Break movie sent me here.

@laurakibben4147 5 ай бұрын

Whatever for?

@laurakibben4147 5 ай бұрын

Either way, look for The Ride Back to the Soul of Surfing. Super charming movie if your not too "masculine". Don't give up on it in the first 15 minutes.

@jaymo8206 Жыл бұрын

At 24:55, the speaker acknowledges the impact of climate change in the future. This segment was taped and broadcast in 1989. I lived on the Big Island then. Fast forward to 2023. Have we done anything since to combat climate change?

@dcxxx6850 Жыл бұрын

Not enough even though we had the ability to make positive changes back then governments didn’t want to believe the facts, businesses didn’t want to decrease their profits and people didn’t want to be inconvenienced. So here we are 30 years later living with those selfish decisions. Even today people are not willing to sacrifice their comfort and convenience for future generations. Not much human intelligence in that behavior.

@rreznor660 Жыл бұрын

It’s all BS

@marcielynn4886 5 ай бұрын

To think it was once all a swamp.🏝

@x3r9g6 Жыл бұрын

I was born in 88.

@peaceprevailonearth Жыл бұрын

Secretary General of the World Future Studies Federation. Ok. 🤣

@bigredfred33 Жыл бұрын

Sounds official, lol

@hawaiianheartbreakherstory_tm Жыл бұрын

Caucasian Americans named it Diamond Head. Stop calling it that. It’s called Leahi.

@dougl945 10 ай бұрын

British sailors named it diamond head because there were sparkly minerals in the rock they mistook as diamonds Stop being racist. And learn your history.