The Small Hotels. The host for this show is DeSoto Brown. Waikiki grew quickly in the 1950s as tourism steadily increased. To accommodate the growing number of visitors, new hotels both large and small were quickly constructed. The small hotels often followed a similar architectural style which today is very evocative of the time period. […]
Waikik’s Hotels of the 1950s, Part 1 (Docomomo Hawaii)
The Large Hotels. The host for this show is DeSoto Brown. Waikiki began to grow in the 1950s as tourism increased. People marveled as multiple 10-story buildings appeared, with innovations like swimming pools and other amenities. What were the new structures of this important time in Waikiki’s history? The ThinkTech YouTube Playlist for this show […]