Hotel at Waikiki Beach Blueprint Portfolio.

WARREN, Whitney and Charles Delevan Wetmore.

$4,000.00

Item Number: 114203

New York: Warren & Wetmore Architects, c. 1925 .

Rare original blueprint portfolio for Warren & Wetmore’s iconic “Hotel at Waikiki Beach”, later named the Royal Hawaiian. Folio, containing 30 sheets bound and bradded. In very good condition.

One of the first hotels established in Waikiki, the Royal Hawaiian is considered one of the most luxurious and famous hotels in Hawaiian tourism, and in its 90-year history has been host to numerous celebrities and world dignitaries. The bright pink hue of its concrete stucco façade with its Spanish/Moorish styled architecture and prominent location on the wide sandy beach have earned it the alliterative nickname of "The Pink Palace of the Pacific". The hotel has been featured in numerous songs, films, novels, and television series including the film The Black Camel (1931), the television series Hawaii Five-O(1968-1980) and Mad Men (2013), and Joni Mitchell's 1970 song "Big Yellow Taxi".