Let's go back to our sheep...
episode
3-10 "Almost Home".
A little "refresher course"...
Hello to all, today no big discovery considering the hard work already done by Rubber Chicken on this episode but also the additions of other members (here I refer particularly to Kalai-Pahoa in 2007...).
It is, thus, a simple update which gathers here the finds realized over all these years on this forum. None of the following places can be attributed to me, but I found it interesting to make a small update (40 years later) in pictures.
On my side, I tried to find (for self education purpose...) some elements myself. It is really there that one can realize how much time, method and skills are needed for this kind of research...
a/ Bridget Archer's « dump » hotel is located between Waikiki and the AlaWai Canal (Castle Hokele Suits - 412 Lewers St.).
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In 2020, it is the 'SurfJack and Swim Hotel', which is not, strictly speaking, a hotel of simple transit, but rather a hotel of tourist stay 'medium class' (it is necessary to count today 315 $ the night without other service). Miss Archer could have found more economical especially with no intention to tan on the beach !
B/ The road to Mrs Tamura's Home
The shots were taken at the upper end of Brokaw st./Alohea av. where the road splits in a triple fork... As RC pointed out, to go to Mrs. Tamura's house, the most direct way would have been to cross, straight, at the stop sign, but TM preferred to take the big turn around, turning left ...
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You can also see that the surrounding area was not as densely built as today.
C/ Mrs Tamura's Home
This took place at Kaimuki Neighbordhood.
Using some clues, I tried to find it myself by combing through the whole area...
Left, an old house (a bit of a New England style?) and a partition driveway.
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A fire hydrant nearby and a house with a bow window (in the opposite side of the street).
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A house with what seems to be some kind of air vent or attic ventilation... (Pahonu, could you bring some light on this?)
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In fact, I just missed the old house (in green) that borders Mrs Tamura's property on the left. Today, its staircase and entrance terrace are quite different.
Current adress is 714 7th av. Kaimuki District
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The Bow Window house is still there and quite in good shape.
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D/ Theft of the ferrari
adress : 206 Lumahai Pl.
There, you can see that, nowodays, it would nearly impractible to sneak a view on the ferrari from that lurking place (big tree, new house on the mound across the line of sight).
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E/ Intra Pacific Import
As found by RC, IPI office entrance took place at the the Royal Kuhio (2236 Kuhio Av.) (Royal Waikiki Condominiums), just behind Waikiki beachfront.
I a still amazed that the owner/manager granted the permission to place a dummy sign on its pediment !!
Indeed, Vic Stout is surely one of the wealthiest mobster of Honolulu !
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F/ Intra Pacific Import hidden garage
This an old acquaintance dating from « J. Digger Doyle » (1.17).
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This a maintenance hangar aside the Ha'iku valley Kanoeohe Omega Transmitter. All was already depicted concerning this location, so i only mention it here for the record. The station and trail were closed to the public in 1997.
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Both buildings are in bad condition... lost in the mist of time...
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As the well known stairways...
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G/ Parade Fair – Admiral Wheeler meeting
RC found this too. This large lawn plaza was part a Fort Ruger properties and houses today Kapi'olani College activities.
The surrounding buidlings visible in the episode were scrapped in 1982-1983 (sea satellite view from 1978 below). The new ones are far more spacious.
See the proximity of Magnum PI filming stage ! The transportation fees should have been quite low !
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As always, thanks for reading !