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La Ronde (atop the Ala Moana Office Building) La Ronde (atop in center of image) La Ronde was a restaurant [1] in Honolulu, [2] Hawaii.Built in 1961 [3] and designed by John Graham, [4] it was the first revolving restaurant in the United States [5] (preceding the "Eye of the Needle" restaurant in Seattle) and the third [6] [7] of its kind (after [8] [9] the Florian Tower and the Cairo Tower ...
He relocated to the Territory of Hawaii in 1898. Marshall Hickman Webb was born May 7, 1869, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Sometime between 1908 and 1910, the two formed the architectural partnership of Emory & Webb. They designed numerous buildings and residences in Honolulu, perhaps the most notable being the 1922 Hawaii Theatre. [8]
After the end of World War II, more Tongans arrived in Hawaii. [1] References This page was last edited on 10 January 2025, at 16:27 (UTC). Text is available ...
Haleʻākala, later renamed ʻAikupika, and then the Arlington Hotel, was a historic structure in Honolulu, Hawaii, which was the home of various prominent Hawaiians, and later became a hotel, and the initial headquarters of the American military forces involved in the overthrow of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
The word tonga is cognate to the Hawaiian word kona meaning 'leeward', which is the origin of the name for the Kona District in Hawaiʻi. [15] Tonga became known in the West as the "Friendly Islands" because of the congenial reception accorded to Captain James Cook on his first visit in 1773.
Honolulu, the capital of Hawaii, is a U.S. city. As of late 2020, Honolulu had 92 high-rise buildings over 300 feet (91 meters) in height, with four more under construction. [1] The first high-rise that exceeded 350 ft was the Ala Moana Hotel built in 1970.
Currently, Honolulu has no professional sports teams. Honolulu's Aloha Stadium was a long time host of the NFL's annual Pro Bowl from 1980 to 2016. The NCAA's Hawaii Bowl is played at Aloha Stadium annually. Games are hosted at Les Murakami and Hans L'Orange Park.
Honolulu 21°18′21″N 157°51′54″W / 21.305774°N 157.864961°W / 21.305774; -157.864961 ( Falls of Clyde (four-masted oil Only surviving iron-hulled, four-masted full rigged ship, and the only surviving sail-driven oil tanker in the world.