Thomas, thank you! You can help a …
Sep 6th, 2010 by admin
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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!
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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!
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Thanks for sharing your story June. If you have photos of these happy times, we’d love to see them. Feel free to send them to our Flickr site. Aloha!
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Thanks Carl. Yes, Option 3b — immediate stabilization of the pool makes the most sense. It is the cheapest, fastest, environmentally safest and most importantly, the most “pono” choice. It will allow us to preserve the War Memorial (which, by the way, is the POOL, not the arched doorway), while retaining the bathrooms, parking, volleyball court and opening the bleachers to access. Wouldn’t it be great to enjoy a picnic and watch the sunset from there?
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Mahalo for your support Brian. Please encourage your friends and family to write letters to the editors of the papers (letters@honoluluadvertiser.com and letters@starbulletin.com) and let their City Council reps and the Mayor know how they feel about this veteran’s memorial.
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Thanks Thomas. Indeed, we are hoping that the City and State will send a clear signal of their intent to preserve the War Memorial Natatorium. We believe that once the political will to save the Natatorium is evident, funds can be raised from private, federal and charitable sources. We appreciate your support and hope that you will encourage your friends to call or write to the Mayor, City Council and other elected officials to express their support for this important Waikiki landmark.
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Trase, although converting the facility as a concert venue may seem like a great adaptive re-use, there a number of reasons why it is not feasible. First and foremost being that the Act 15 of the 1921 Territorial Legislature of Hawaii specifically designated the “living memorial” contain a “swimming course.” Altering the use of this National and State Historic Registered facility would trigger a host of legal problems. In addition, area residents have made it clear that a concert or “show venue” would meet with vocal opposition. The Friends of the Natatorium, Historic Hawaii Foundation, 85,000 member Oahu Veteran’s Council and National Trust for Historic Preservation are all advocating the Natatorium be preserved and reopened as the community swimming venue it was intended to be.
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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.