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| | Westways Magazine - Archived Issues (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-08) |
 | | It wasn't so long ago that Honolulu residents would go to Waikiki only for a special occasion: a business meeting, a wedding reception, to impress a first date at a tony resort restaurant, or to hang ten when the surf was up. |
 | | Had the Hawaiian monarchy endured and had she lived beyond the tender age of 23, their beautiful daughter, Princess Victoria Kaiulani, would have ascended the throne as queen. |
 | | A bronze statue of the princess stands in the little green oasis, and if you close your eyes, you can imagine what it was like at the beginning of the last century surrounded by flowers, lily ponds, and mango and coconut trees instead of hotels, shops, and restaurants. |
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