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Ross Sutherland Limited Stores
Saint-Germaine America Inc.
San Francisco Rag Shop
Sato Clothiers
Seafarer Leatherwear
Sears Roebuck and Co.
Security Diamond Co. Ltd.
Seiko Center Ltd.
Sera’s Surf N’ Shore House of Air Brush
Shirokiya
Singer Company
Skirts ‘N Blouses
Slipper House
Smitty’s Pancake House
Summer Place
Susie’s
Swiss Colony
Tahiti Imports
Territorial Savings & Loan Assn.
Thom McAn Shoe Store
Thom’s Barber Shop
Tiki Gems
Tobaccos of Hawaii
Tsuki’s Hair Styling
Tutu’s Grass Shack
Villa Roma
Vim & Vigor Foods
Waltah Clarke’s Hawaiian Shop
Watumull’s
Wikiwiki Coffee House
Wong’s Okazu-ya
Yami Soft Frozen Yogurt Shoppe
This was the biggest shopping experience you could get in hawaii and they had a balance of local owned, foreign and mainland stores it kept the experience unique and different and balanced. Today its mostly highend mainland stores.
Ala Moana Mall still has shops that you won't see here like...
Auana Quilts
Hawaiian Quilt Collection
Hilo Hattie
Hula Lehua
Martin & MacArthur
The Islands' Best
Watumull's
Maui Divers Jewelry
Na Hoku
Blue Hawaii Surf
Hawaiian Island Creations
Lani Beach by Mireille
Sera's Surf 'N Shore
Splash! Hawai'i
T&C Surf Designs
and many, many unique places to eat.
So I'm not sure what your point is.
As the world gets smaller and people move around, a lot of Hawaiian places are popping up around here. I guess the locals in Oregon could complain because they weren't here 20 or 30 years ago. But I for one am very happy that I can get me some ono kine Lau Lau in Portland, Oregon!
Now lets take a look at today at ala moana shopping center stores. To me it reads like my local shopping center experience. Maybe a handfull of local owned shops. No real uniqueness.
Now lets take a look at today at ala moana shopping center stores. To me it reads like my local shopping center experience. Maybe a handfull of local owned shops. No real uniqueness.
Again, you could say the same thing about almost any mall in America if you compare what they had 20 to 30 years ago, to what they have today. In fact, I would say that Ala Moana Mall today has a lot more stores that are unique to Hawaii then any mall I have seen around here has that are unique to Oregon.
By the way, thanks sis. It's because of you I know so much about the Ala Moana Mall!
I'm not taking her to Oahu anymore!
Again, you could say the same thing about almost any mall in America if you compare what they had 20 to 30 years ago, to what they have today. In fact, I would say that Ala Moana Mall today has a lot more stores that are unique to Hawaii then any mall I have seen around here has that are unique to Oregon.
By the way, thanks sis. It's because of you I know so much about the Ala Moana Mall!
I'm not taking her to Oahu anymore!
Sorry Mcfrosty your never going to get me to agree that things being 4x faster, 2 times more expensive with less uniqueness and aloha will be a progress or better thing.
Sorry Mcfrosty your never going to get me to agree that things being 4x faster, 2 times more expensive with less uniqueness and aloha will be a progress or better thing.
Huh? Where did I ask you to agree to that? Where did I even say that? Do you read things before you reply to them?
Again, you could say the same thing about almost any mall in America if you compare what they had 20 to 30 years ago, to what they have today. In fact, I would say that Ala Moana Mall today has a lot more stores that are unique to Hawaii then any mall I have seen around here has that are unique to Oregon.
By the way, thanks sis. It's because of you I know so much about the Ala Moana Mall!
I'm not taking her to Oahu anymore!
As crazy as it sounds i recommend you try Orange Julius, they had the best teri beef sandwiches on the islands and Shirokiya Restaurant (Shirokiya) lunch counter was great back then. Your right some really good grindz. To bad ala moana shopping center isn't open air anymore. You could shop and work on your tan lol. You have a sistah that likes to shop?
To bad ala moana shopping center isn't open air anymore. You could shop and work on your tan lol. You have a sistah that likes to shop?
It isn't? Did they cover it since I was there last in January?
Ya, she loves to shop.
My wife and I both HATE shopping. The nice thing about Ala Moana Mall is at least they have some good eats, fresh air and a nice view up top of Ala Moana Beach Park!
Do you want to know what our big box stores were back then? We had them. Sears, JC Pennys, Shirokiya, Woolworth, Liberty House and Foodland, Holiday Mart. The Mainland had Sears, JC Pennys, Woolworth etc. We also had an equal amount that you mainlanders didn't have. Thats the balance and what kept Oahu partially unique among other things. Would you like to see another example of what im saying?
You didn't really"say" anything. You just strung a bunch of words together about stores. No point, no conclusion, just words string together.
Sorry Mcfrosty your never going to get me to agree that things being 4x faster, 2 times more expensive with less uniqueness and aloha will be a progress or better thing.
Unfortunately (for you), you were out-voted by everybody who makes any difference in the situation, which, for your reference, would include the businesses serving the customer base, AND the customer base the businesses serve.
So on all counts, you've wiffed your way back to the dugout. Epic Fail, or as I say, Gravity overcame Lift. Craterville, baby.
Your basic complaint is you don't like the passage of time, and the inevitable shifting in virtually everything that goes along with it.
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