Contact us
Mar 29th, 2008 by admin
This site is supported by the Friends of the Natatorium, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization incorporated in 1986 to Remember, Respect and Renew the Waikiki Natatorium War Memorial. You can reach us at natatorium@natatorium.org.
Postal correspondence, including contributions made by personal check, may be sent to:
Friends of the Natatorium
Jim Anderson, Treasurer
PO Box 25715
Honolulu, Hawaii 96825
(808) 396-8866
2011 Board of Directors
Peter Apo, President
Donna L. Ching, Vice President
Jim Anderson, Treasurer
Yvonne Geesey, Secretary
Jill Byus Radke, Director
Maurice D. “Mo” Radke
Bruce Smith, ADM (ret), Director
Simon Tetlow, Director
Frank Weight, Director
Is there a way to make a small donation to this organization?
I have traveled for more than 30 yrs to honolulu, I hope this site will be saved and not turned into a beach. how can i help from the mainland, I live in arizona
In Washington State there is a pool called Colman Park Pool. It was left to the state (Seattle Parks and Rec.) When the owner of the pool and land passed away, he left the pool and surrounding area to the city on the grounds that the pool was left a certain percentage saltwater. It is a 50 meter pool and is even heated during the summer. Seems there should be a way to use that method with the Natatorium. Thank you for you time. http://www.seattle.gov/parks/Aquatics/colman.htm
Check out http://natatorium.org/contribute/ for instructions!
Carrie, there is- at the top you will see a tab labeled ‘contribution’.
Hi Diane, thanks for sharing this. There are, in fact many salt water pools around the world that are well-used, well-maintained and well-loved. Let’s not be short-sighted and lose this wonderful recreational asset!
Thomas, thank you! You can help a number of ways. Write a letter to the editor of the Advertiser (letters@honoluluadvertiser.com) and/or Star-Bulletin (letters@starbulletin.com). Join the Friends of the Natatorium so you can help us when we need folks to make calls or write to elected officials. Or make a contribution by hitting the “donate” button on our web site. Mahalo!
As part of the Gigapan community and the Hawaii Pacific University Gigapan group, I’d like to find out how how I may be able to go about getting permission to access the premises so as to be able to document the Natatorium with Gigapan technology. Here is an example of what Gigapan is about – http://gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=16209 The project theme is to document Hawaii’s architectural icons. Professor Peter Britos, HPU Multimedia Chairperson is supervising this program. http://www.hpu.edu/index.cfm?section=acadprograms11760&contentID=11760&siteID=1&preview=1 I am planning to do this within the next couple of weeks if possible. I’d appreciate if someone could get in touch with me or point me in the right direction. Thank you.
Is there some way that I can find out about a name that is @ the natatorium? I have a great great uncle who’s name is there and I am trying to find out his name. I just have the last name…
I’m a visionary. You have to run a city like an amusement park. While honoring the war heroes with dignity, a hydraulic dance floor that can be raised from the bottom [yes they exist] could transform a day swimming pool into an intimate night time hula show place, or another great concert venue. Not to mention a great place every evening to capture the perfect photo of the sunset. Offering aqua rehab to vets also could gain financial support too. Sometimes you have to think outside the pool…
I know it isn’t possible to swim here, but I want to know if you are allowed to visit and tour the site?
Thank You
Sadly, no one except city officials are allowed inside the pool area and onto the deck and bleachers. The renovated bathrooms, however, are in full use and accessible to all. As a first step to restoring the pool for swimming, we would love to stabilize the deck area sufficiently to allow people to use the bleachers and enjoy the Natatorium’s panoramic views of Mamala Bay and Waikiki. Thanks for spreading the word about how wonderful it would be to use the Natatorium once more.
Most of us who have lived here a while have used this pool and are dismayed that it has gone for years in such a state of disrepair. Efforts of the previous administration and their “shibai” bureaucratic efforts leading to a sham EIS are not in Hawaii’s interests let alone endorsed by veteran’s organizations. WE DO NOT WANT TO BE ONE OF THE ONLY cities in the country with the distinction of TEARING DOWN OR OTHERWISE SEVERELY MODIFYING A WORLD CLASS HISTORIC WAR MEMORIAL to make a pittance of room for adjacent beach goers! VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS, POST 8616, A Natatorium neighbor