Governor Neil Abercrombie has announced that he is going to be budgeting $2 million to repair and renovate the Waikiki War Memorial Natatorium. The governor stated, “The natatorium simply can’t go on the way it is. It’s almost immoral. We know we’re going to have to spend some money, regardless of what happens. Right now it looks as if removal of the pool itself is a likely outcome. So we’ll try to come to decision as quickly as we can and then work with the city and the mayor to come to a mutual agreement on what to do, not just about the pool and everything, but the whole area, and then do it.”
Mayor-elect Kirk Caldwell added, “I look forward to working with Gov. Abercrombie and the City Council to address the deteriorating conditions of the Natatorium, yet respecting those who served during World War I.”. The Natatorium opened in 1927 as a monument to World War I veterans. It was forced to close in 1979.
Source: Honolulu Star Advertiser, 12-21-2012, www.staradvertiser.com
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Posted by Jeff Uyemura-Reyes, Broker-in-Charge, Realtor®
Global Executive Realty, LLC
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