Pink hotel's storied history reaches back 85 years

By Bob Sigall

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Feb 03, 2012

~~<p>The year 1927 was a historic one for Honolulu. Several important buildings opened that year, including the Hawaiian Electric building, Bank of Hawaii (at King and Bishop streets), the YWCA on Richards Street, the Academy of Arts and St. Francis Hospital in Nuuanu.</p>
<p>The grandest of them all was, and still is, the Royal Hawaiian. The Pink Palace of the Pacific opened 85 years ago this week with a dinner for 1,200.</p>
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The year 1927 was a historic one for Honolulu. Several important buildings opened that year, including the Hawaiian Electric building, Bank of Hawaii (at King and Bishop streets), the YWCA on Richards Street, the Academy of Arts and St. Francis Hospital in Nuuanu.

The grandest of them all was, and still is, the Royal Hawaiian. The Pink Palace of the Pacific opened 85 years ago this week with a dinner for 1,200. Login for more...