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Lexington's Hawaiian Room showcased isles in New York

By Bob Sigall

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jun 15, 2012

~~<p>Beginning in the 1920s, a wave of fascination with Hawaii and Polynesia swept the United States. From the mid-1930s until the 1960s, Hawaiian- and Polynesian-themed showrooms, restaurants, bars and hotels sprang up around the country. Nearly every large city had one.</p>
<p>The first was at the Lexington Hotel in New York City, which opened a Hawaiian Room 75 years ago next week on June 23, 1937.</p>
~~

Beginning in the 1920s, a wave of fascination with Hawaii and Polynesia swept the United States. From the mid-1930s until the 1960s, Hawaiian- and Polynesian-themed showrooms, restaurants, bars and hotels sprang up around the country. Nearly every large city had one.

The first was at the Lexington Hotel in New York City, which opened a Hawaiian Room 75 years ago next week on June 23, 1937. Login for more...



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