The Robin Masters Estate (Pahonu)
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Re: The Robin Masters Estate (Pahonu)
Aloha!
Is this the 3000 post?
I don't know if this has already been on the forum, but I didn't notice it, so I want to share it...
Google Maps:
Photo from the adjacent lawn, you can see the roof of the main house, it seems very close to the wall itself
https://i.postimg.cc/Z5FXDVBv/magnumpi.jpg
Google Maps 2:
If we go along the road next to the property, we can see the boat house over the Shriners club
https://postimg.cc/N24KvHyn
Google Maps 3:
If we may say so, from the Shriners Club beach we can see the boathouse that has been restored, the photo should be from June 2022
https://postimg.cc/rz0c6W4R
I have never seen (or noticed) this photos of the main house until now, namely, I saw this photos when scrolling through Google Maps images from the Shriners Club, by all accounts it could be said that someone climbed the wall that separates the property and the Shriners Club and using the Zoom option on the camera took this photos, take a look!
Direct link: https://goo.gl/maps/bXhuCLgheTXudgvZ8
https://postimg.cc/478zpqPy/edf59fb2
Direct link 2: https://goo.gl/maps/Qj9u5Bu2yivNiwAQ9
https://postimg.cc/3kc6KfmX
Is this the 3000 post?
I don't know if this has already been on the forum, but I didn't notice it, so I want to share it...
Google Maps:
Photo from the adjacent lawn, you can see the roof of the main house, it seems very close to the wall itself
https://i.postimg.cc/Z5FXDVBv/magnumpi.jpg
Google Maps 2:
If we go along the road next to the property, we can see the boat house over the Shriners club
https://postimg.cc/N24KvHyn
Google Maps 3:
If we may say so, from the Shriners Club beach we can see the boathouse that has been restored, the photo should be from June 2022
https://postimg.cc/rz0c6W4R
I have never seen (or noticed) this photos of the main house until now, namely, I saw this photos when scrolling through Google Maps images from the Shriners Club, by all accounts it could be said that someone climbed the wall that separates the property and the Shriners Club and using the Zoom option on the camera took this photos, take a look!
Direct link: https://goo.gl/maps/bXhuCLgheTXudgvZ8
https://postimg.cc/478zpqPy/edf59fb2
Direct link 2: https://goo.gl/maps/Qj9u5Bu2yivNiwAQ9
https://postimg.cc/3kc6KfmX
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Re: The Robin Masters Estate (Pahonu)
Thanks for posting all of those! They are indeed unusual angles. I’ve seen one or two similar photos from the property east of Pahonu, and one video from there that is the only view I know of showing the service area behind Pahonu’s garages. I’ve also only seen one photo of the boathouse from the Shriner property. The window you can see is smaller than the other upstairs windows in the building because it’s a bathroom. I have seen the other two photos of the grounds, but appreciate the new photo of the renovated boathouse and sea walls. Thanks again!JosipCro wrote: ↑Wed Jun 14, 2023 7:39 pm Aloha!
Is this the 3000 post?
I don't know if this has already been on the forum, but I didn't notice it, so I want to share it...
Google Maps:
Photo from the adjacent lawn, you can see the roof of the main house, it seems very close to the wall itself
https://i.postimg.cc/Z5FXDVBv/magnumpi.jpg
Google Maps 2:
If we go along the road next to the property, we can see the boat house over the Shriners club
https://postimg.cc/N24KvHyn
Google Maps 3:
If we may say so, from the Shriners Club beach we can see the boathouse that has been restored, the photo should be from June 2022
https://postimg.cc/rz0c6W4R
I have never seen (or noticed) this photos of the main house until now, namely, I saw this photos when scrolling through Google Maps images from the Shriners Club, by all accounts it could be said that someone climbed the wall that separates the property and the Shriners Club and using the Zoom option on the camera took this photos, take a look!
Direct link: https://goo.gl/maps/bXhuCLgheTXudgvZ8
https://postimg.cc/478zpqPy/edf59fb2
Direct link 2: https://goo.gl/maps/Qj9u5Bu2yivNiwAQ9
https://postimg.cc/3kc6KfmX
Re: The Robin Masters Estate (Pahonu)
Pahonu wrote: ↑Wed Jun 14, 2023 11:29 pmThanks for posting all of those! They are indeed unusual angles. I’ve seen one or two similar photos from the property east of Pahonu, and one video from there that is the only view I know of showing the service area behind Pahonu’s garages. I’ve also only seen one photo of the boathouse from the Shriner property. The window you can see is smaller than the other upstairs windows in the building because it’s a bathroom. I have seen the other two photos of the grounds, but appreciate the new photo of the renovated boathouse and sea walls. Thanks again!JosipCro wrote: ↑Wed Jun 14, 2023 7:39 pm Aloha!
Is this the 3000 post?
I don't know if this has already been on the forum, but I didn't notice it, so I want to share it...
Google Maps:
Photo from the adjacent lawn, you can see the roof of the main house, it seems very close to the wall itself
https://i.postimg.cc/Z5FXDVBv/magnumpi.jpg
Google Maps 2:
If we go along the road next to the property, we can see the boat house over the Shriners club
https://postimg.cc/N24KvHyn
Google Maps 3:
If we may say so, from the Shriners Club beach we can see the boathouse that has been restored, the photo should be from June 2022
https://postimg.cc/rz0c6W4R
I have never seen (or noticed) this photos of the main house until now, namely, I saw this photos when scrolling through Google Maps images from the Shriners Club, by all accounts it could be said that someone climbed the wall that separates the property and the Shriners Club and using the Zoom option on the camera took this photos, take a look!
Direct link: https://goo.gl/maps/bXhuCLgheTXudgvZ8
https://postimg.cc/478zpqPy/edf59fb2
Direct link 2: https://goo.gl/maps/Qj9u5Bu2yivNiwAQ9
https://postimg.cc/3kc6KfmX
You're welcome, I'm always happy to share everything I know with the Magnum Mania team
I also managed to grab some more photos of the boathouse and guest house, check it out:
- View from the Shriners Club of the boathouse section:
https://i.postimg.cc/W1JVSxSv/351553565 ... 5416-n.jpg
-View from the Shriners Club of the boathouse 2:
https://i.postimg.cc/JzP1sjTy/351669057 ... 2022-n.jpg
-View from the Shriners Club of the guest house:
https://i.postimg.cc/5yZ7tKzB/351736213 ... 4835-n.jpg
-A bird's eye view of the Robin's Nest:
https://i.postimg.cc/tTcDrv2K/351686775 ... 0436-n.jpg
-View of the guest house from the road (which has been demolished?) :
https://i.postimg.cc/3xWqZp80/351604972 ... 6085-n.jpg
-View of the boathouse from the sea:
https://i.postimg.cc/xCPgQTjS/351790558 ... 4033-n.jpg
-View of the boathouse from the sea 2:
https://i.postimg.cc/W1MkCYbB/352111124 ... 3666-n.jpg
-View of the boathouse from the sea 3:
https://i.postimg.cc/63Q479LK/351580916 ... 9538-n.jpg
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Re: The Robin Masters Estate (Pahonu)
The shot of the guesthouse from the sea3 is great. Funny how it is too clean looking. I'm glad they didn't tear it down. It the gate house still standing? Those two buildings were all that was left when I went there in 2019.
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Re: The Robin Masters Estate (Pahonu)
According to the building permits, and based on the photos, the boathouse and gate house are all that is left from the estate’s original buildings. The boathouse does seem to have had some alterations beyond simple repair. The knee wall along the stairs up to the lanai is now sloped rather than stepped, and the pillars supporting the roof of the lanai seem to be detailed in wood rather than plaster as on the original. The coping of the lanai knee wall also seems to be plastered rather than terracotta tile.Aloha Friday wrote: ↑Mon Jun 19, 2023 2:16 am The shot of the guesthouse from the sea3 is great. Funny how it is too clean looking. I'm glad they didn't tear it down. It the gate house still standing? Those two buildings were all that was left when I went there in 2019.
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Re: The Robin Masters Estate (Pahonu)
I think when you write "guest house" you mean gate house? Because the boat house was the guest house on the show.JosipCro wrote: ↑Sun Jun 18, 2023 4:28 pmPahonu wrote: ↑Wed Jun 14, 2023 11:29 pmThanks for posting all of those! They are indeed unusual angles. I’ve seen one or two similar photos from the property east of Pahonu, and one video from there that is the only view I know of showing the service area behind Pahonu’s garages. I’ve also only seen one photo of the boathouse from the Shriner property. The window you can see is smaller than the other upstairs windows in the building because it’s a bathroom. I have seen the other two photos of the grounds, but appreciate the new photo of the renovated boathouse and sea walls. Thanks again!JosipCro wrote: ↑Wed Jun 14, 2023 7:39 pm Aloha!
Is this the 3000 post?
I don't know if this has already been on the forum, but I didn't notice it, so I want to share it...
Google Maps:
Photo from the adjacent lawn, you can see the roof of the main house, it seems very close to the wall itself
https://i.postimg.cc/Z5FXDVBv/magnumpi.jpg
Google Maps 2:
If we go along the road next to the property, we can see the boat house over the Shriners club
https://postimg.cc/N24KvHyn
Google Maps 3:
If we may say so, from the Shriners Club beach we can see the boathouse that has been restored, the photo should be from June 2022
https://postimg.cc/rz0c6W4R
I have never seen (or noticed) this photos of the main house until now, namely, I saw this photos when scrolling through Google Maps images from the Shriners Club, by all accounts it could be said that someone climbed the wall that separates the property and the Shriners Club and using the Zoom option on the camera took this photos, take a look!
Direct link: https://goo.gl/maps/bXhuCLgheTXudgvZ8
https://postimg.cc/478zpqPy/edf59fb2
Direct link 2: https://goo.gl/maps/Qj9u5Bu2yivNiwAQ9
https://postimg.cc/3kc6KfmX
You're welcome, I'm always happy to share everything I know with the Magnum Mania team
I also managed to grab some more photos of the boathouse and guest house, check it out:
- View from the Shriners Club of the boathouse section:
https://i.postimg.cc/W1JVSxSv/351553565 ... 5416-n.jpg
-View from the Shriners Club of the boathouse 2:
https://i.postimg.cc/JzP1sjTy/351669057 ... 2022-n.jpg
-View from the Shriners Club of the guest house:
https://i.postimg.cc/5yZ7tKzB/351736213 ... 4835-n.jpg
-A bird's eye view of the Robin's Nest:
https://i.postimg.cc/tTcDrv2K/351686775 ... 0436-n.jpg
-View of the guest house from the road (which has been demolished?) :
https://i.postimg.cc/3xWqZp80/351604972 ... 6085-n.jpg
-View of the boathouse from the sea:
https://i.postimg.cc/xCPgQTjS/351790558 ... 4033-n.jpg
-View of the boathouse from the sea 2:
https://i.postimg.cc/W1MkCYbB/352111124 ... 3666-n.jpg
-View of the boathouse from the sea 3:
https://i.postimg.cc/63Q479LK/351580916 ... 9538-n.jpg
Re: The Robin Masters Estate (Pahonu)
Yes yes, maybe there was a misunderstanding ... I meant the house by the roadZelenskyTheValiant (Ivan) wrote: ↑Mon Jun 19, 2023 3:32 pmI think when you write "guest house" you mean gate house? Because the boat house was the guest house on the show.JosipCro wrote: ↑Sun Jun 18, 2023 4:28 pmPahonu wrote: ↑Wed Jun 14, 2023 11:29 pmThanks for posting all of those! They are indeed unusual angles. I’ve seen one or two similar photos from the property east of Pahonu, and one video from there that is the only view I know of showing the service area behind Pahonu’s garages. I’ve also only seen one photo of the boathouse from the Shriner property. The window you can see is smaller than the other upstairs windows in the building because it’s a bathroom. I have seen the other two photos of the grounds, but appreciate the new photo of the renovated boathouse and sea walls. Thanks again!JosipCro wrote: ↑Wed Jun 14, 2023 7:39 pm Aloha!
Is this the 3000 post?
I don't know if this has already been on the forum, but I didn't notice it, so I want to share it...
Google Maps:
Photo from the adjacent lawn, you can see the roof of the main house, it seems very close to the wall itself
https://i.postimg.cc/Z5FXDVBv/magnumpi.jpg
Google Maps 2:
If we go along the road next to the property, we can see the boat house over the Shriners club
https://postimg.cc/N24KvHyn
Google Maps 3:
If we may say so, from the Shriners Club beach we can see the boathouse that has been restored, the photo should be from June 2022
https://postimg.cc/rz0c6W4R
I have never seen (or noticed) this photos of the main house until now, namely, I saw this photos when scrolling through Google Maps images from the Shriners Club, by all accounts it could be said that someone climbed the wall that separates the property and the Shriners Club and using the Zoom option on the camera took this photos, take a look!
Direct link: https://goo.gl/maps/bXhuCLgheTXudgvZ8
https://postimg.cc/478zpqPy/edf59fb2
Direct link 2: https://goo.gl/maps/Qj9u5Bu2yivNiwAQ9
https://postimg.cc/3kc6KfmX
You're welcome, I'm always happy to share everything I know with the Magnum Mania team
I also managed to grab some more photos of the boathouse and guest house, check it out:
- View from the Shriners Club of the boathouse section:
https://i.postimg.cc/W1JVSxSv/351553565 ... 5416-n.jpg
-View from the Shriners Club of the boathouse 2:
https://i.postimg.cc/JzP1sjTy/351669057 ... 2022-n.jpg
-View from the Shriners Club of the guest house:
https://i.postimg.cc/5yZ7tKzB/351736213 ... 4835-n.jpg
-A bird's eye view of the Robin's Nest:
https://i.postimg.cc/tTcDrv2K/351686775 ... 0436-n.jpg
-View of the guest house from the road (which has been demolished?) :
https://i.postimg.cc/3xWqZp80/351604972 ... 6085-n.jpg
-View of the boathouse from the sea:
https://i.postimg.cc/xCPgQTjS/351790558 ... 4033-n.jpg
-View of the boathouse from the sea 2:
https://i.postimg.cc/W1MkCYbB/352111124 ... 3666-n.jpg
-View of the boathouse from the sea 3:
https://i.postimg.cc/63Q479LK/351580916 ... 9538-n.jpg
Re: The Robin Masters Estate (Pahonu)
I read somewhere which company did the restoration of the wall by the sea, now I can't find where I read that...
EDIT
I found ... Possible?
https://www.facebook.com/waimanalolimuhui
EDIT
I found ... Possible?
https://www.facebook.com/waimanalolimuhui
- Pahonu
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Re: The Robin Masters Estate (Pahonu)
Here’s the link to the EIR for the sea wall work. It includes most of the groups involved.JosipCro wrote: ↑Mon Jun 19, 2023 5:46 pm I read somewhere which company did the restoration of the wall by the sea, now I can't find where I read that...
EDIT
I found ... Possible?
https://www.facebook.com/waimanalolimuhui
https://files.hawaii.gov/dbedt/erp/Doc_ ... Repair.pdf
Re: The Robin Masters Estate (Pahonu)
I saw it in a FB group. So I decided to ask you ...Pahonu wrote: ↑Mon Jun 19, 2023 10:34 pmHere’s the link to the EIR for the sea wall work. It includes most of the groups involved.JosipCro wrote: ↑Mon Jun 19, 2023 5:46 pm I read somewhere which company did the restoration of the wall by the sea, now I can't find where I read that...
EDIT
I found ... Possible?
https://www.facebook.com/waimanalolimuhui
https://files.hawaii.gov/dbedt/erp/Doc_ ... Repair.pdf
Thanks a lot for this information!
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Re: The Robin Masters Estate (Pahonu)
No problem. I went through the document thoroughly when it was first released and it has so much interesting information. I think its size is daunting for many members at nearly 400 pages, but I highly recommend going through it. Pages 54 and 64 have some interesting photos and page 76 has an informative timeline. Page 218 starts the story of the creation of Pahonu. Starting on 245 is a description of all the structures on the property, including something I had never seen before in all my research. The so named feature 4, located at the southeastern part of the property, on the opposite end of the wall from the gate house along the highway. It is referred to as a series of terraces. Why it was constructed, I don’t know. Anyway, enjoy and if you ever want to discuss something about it let me know. There haven’t been any other forum members that showed any interest in the past.JosipCro wrote: ↑Tue Jun 20, 2023 6:43 amI saw it in a FB group. So I decided to ask you ...Pahonu wrote: ↑Mon Jun 19, 2023 10:34 pmHere’s the link to the EIR for the sea wall work. It includes most of the groups involved.JosipCro wrote: ↑Mon Jun 19, 2023 5:46 pm I read somewhere which company did the restoration of the wall by the sea, now I can't find where I read that...
EDIT
I found ... Possible?
https://www.facebook.com/waimanalolimuhui
https://files.hawaii.gov/dbedt/erp/Doc_ ... Repair.pdf
Thanks a lot for this information!
Re: The Robin Masters Estate (Pahonu)
Pahonu wrote: ↑Tue Jun 20, 2023 5:16 pmNo problem. I went through the document thoroughly when it was first released and it has so much interesting information. I think its size is daunting for many members at nearly 400 pages, but I highly recommend going through it. Pages 54 and 64 have some interesting photos and page 76 has an informative timeline. Page 218 starts the story of the creation of Pahonu. Starting on 245 is a description of all the structures on the property, including something I had never seen before in all my research. The so named feature 4, located at the southeastern part of the property, on the opposite end of the wall from the gate house along the highway. It is referred to as a series of terraces. Why it was constructed, I don’t know. Anyway, enjoy and if you ever want to discuss something about it let me know. There haven’t been any other forum members that showed any interest in the past.JosipCro wrote: ↑Tue Jun 20, 2023 6:43 amI saw it in a FB group. So I decided to ask you ...Pahonu wrote: ↑Mon Jun 19, 2023 10:34 pmHere’s the link to the EIR for the sea wall work. It includes most of the groups involved.JosipCro wrote: ↑Mon Jun 19, 2023 5:46 pm I read somewhere which company did the restoration of the wall by the sea, now I can't find where I read that...
EDIT
I found ... Possible?
https://www.facebook.com/waimanalolimuhui
https://files.hawaii.gov/dbedt/erp/Doc_ ... Repair.pdf
Thanks a lot for this information!
WoW feature 4 ! Never heard of it, until now. As much as sometimes I think I know the property from the outside (somewhat from the inside), there is still something that impresses me!
Any photos of feature 4?
Some opinion?
Can you send me your sketch in 3D? the latest update to try to open and experience it all much closer
Re: The Robin Masters Estate (Pahonu)
Some more photos I was able to get through other groups:
https://i.postimg.cc/FRBBLtwC/351545739 ... 5722-n.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/02RqWmHW/351732894 ... 7023-n.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/WzmYfDhC/351739241 ... 3534-n.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/KYKqhp1n/351740838 ... 4040-n.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/26h0VqFy/352140584 ... 2118-n.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/GhcXmmB3/352201659 ... 9728-n.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/Dw051pdt/352231671 ... 0066-n.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/ZnY640w1/352299660 ... 9925-n.jpg
Something very interesting, but is it true or false?
https://i.postimg.cc/d15j78Zq/Untitled.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/FRBBLtwC/351545739 ... 5722-n.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/02RqWmHW/351732894 ... 7023-n.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/WzmYfDhC/351739241 ... 3534-n.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/KYKqhp1n/351740838 ... 4040-n.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/26h0VqFy/352140584 ... 2118-n.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/GhcXmmB3/352201659 ... 9728-n.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/Dw051pdt/352231671 ... 0066-n.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/ZnY640w1/352299660 ... 9925-n.jpg
Something very interesting, but is it true or false?
https://i.postimg.cc/d15j78Zq/Untitled.jpg
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Re: The Robin Masters Estate (Pahonu)
There are photos of all the numbered features after page 245. They include feature 4, but it’s pretty over grown as was much of the estate. You can see what appear to be steps but overall it doesn’t really look like much. I do wonder what it was originally for and how it looked. This report was completed and published after the sale and demolition of the main house and bathing pavilion, so the photos show only the remains of those two buildings and the other structures in disrepair. You can see some old terracotta tile still from the slab parts of the main house foundation and some wood covering the basement area. Once Mrs. Anderson secured the legal right for the sea walls to remain, as a large part of them are not actually on the property but government land, the sale went through and this study commenced.JosipCro wrote: ↑Tue Jun 20, 2023 6:51 pmPahonu wrote: ↑Tue Jun 20, 2023 5:16 pmNo problem. I went through the document thoroughly when it was first released and it has so much interesting information. I think its size is daunting for many members at nearly 400 pages, but I highly recommend going through it. Pages 54 and 64 have some interesting photos and page 76 has an informative timeline. Page 218 starts the story of the creation of Pahonu. Starting on 245 is a description of all the structures on the property, including something I had never seen before in all my research. The so named feature 4, located at the southeastern part of the property, on the opposite end of the wall from the gate house along the highway. It is referred to as a series of terraces. Why it was constructed, I don’t know. Anyway, enjoy and if you ever want to discuss something about it let me know. There haven’t been any other forum members that showed any interest in the past.JosipCro wrote: ↑Tue Jun 20, 2023 6:43 amI saw it in a FB group. So I decided to ask you ...Pahonu wrote: ↑Mon Jun 19, 2023 10:34 pmHere’s the link to the EIR for the sea wall work. It includes most of the groups involved.JosipCro wrote: ↑Mon Jun 19, 2023 5:46 pm I read somewhere which company did the restoration of the wall by the sea, now I can't find where I read that...
EDIT
I found ... Possible?
https://www.facebook.com/waimanalolimuhui
https://files.hawaii.gov/dbedt/erp/Doc_ ... Repair.pdf
Thanks a lot for this information!
WoW feature 4 ! Never heard of it, until now. As much as sometimes I think I know the property from the outside (somewhat from the inside), there is still something that impresses me!
Any photos of feature 4?
Some opinion?
I don’t know the page, but somewhere in there is the earliest known aerial photo of the estate, from 1949 I believe it was. It doesn’t help much with figuring out feature 4. The area had lots of foliage then as well. Perhaps it was just a shaded terrace area protected from the wind. As someone who lives right at the coast, I know first hand that it can make a relaxing afternoon much less so if the onshores are particularly strong or persistent. It’s a circumstance that many who don’t live in such an area probably give much thought to. Many homes today have large glass panels on balconies and terraces to allow for the view but protect from the winds. That wasn’t really an architectural option in the 1930’s. They didn’t have air conditioning technology either… but they sure could make use of those winds, and Pahonu’s architect sure did.
If the onshore winds were really blowing, the only exterior protected areas on the estate would be the front and rear courtyards, shielded by the main house one-story ell, and the rear courtyard wall. That wall is about 5-6 feet tall unlike the lower front courtyard wall we are all so familiar with. Neither of these courtyards had much foliage for shade though. This feature 4 would have been protected from the wind by both the main house and the rear parking court wall. It also had large trees for shade. That’s just speculation on my part, but there certainly is evidence of wind protection in both the original design of the main house and later the tennis court. The front courtyard has the covered terrace adjacent the arched arcade, and the upper balcony over that arcade is turned 90 degrees to the ocean. That’s not a coincidence, I believe. The tennis court has the wind-protection fabric on its north fence facing the ocean so as not to take the onshore winds straight on. That tennis court isn’t in the 40’s photo, by the way.
Sorry that got long!
Re: The Robin Masters Estate (Pahonu)
Pahonu wrote: ↑Tue Jun 20, 2023 7:39 pmThere are photos of all the numbered features after page 245. They include feature 4, but it’s pretty over grown as was much of the estate. You can see what appear to be steps but overall it doesn’t really look like much. I do wonder what it was originally for and how it looked. This report was completed and published after the sale and demolition of the main house and bathing pavilion, so the photos show only the remains of those two buildings and the other structures in disrepair. You can see some old terracotta tile still from the slab parts of the main house foundation and some wood covering the basement area. Once Mrs. Anderson secured the legal right for the sea walls to remain, as a large part of them are not actually on the property but government land, the sale went through and this study commenced.JosipCro wrote: ↑Tue Jun 20, 2023 6:51 pmPahonu wrote: ↑Tue Jun 20, 2023 5:16 pmNo problem. I went through the document thoroughly when it was first released and it has so much interesting information. I think its size is daunting for many members at nearly 400 pages, but I highly recommend going through it. Pages 54 and 64 have some interesting photos and page 76 has an informative timeline. Page 218 starts the story of the creation of Pahonu. Starting on 245 is a description of all the structures on the property, including something I had never seen before in all my research. The so named feature 4, located at the southeastern part of the property, on the opposite end of the wall from the gate house along the highway. It is referred to as a series of terraces. Why it was constructed, I don’t know. Anyway, enjoy and if you ever want to discuss something about it let me know. There haven’t been any other forum members that showed any interest in the past.JosipCro wrote: ↑Tue Jun 20, 2023 6:43 amI saw it in a FB group. So I decided to ask you ...Pahonu wrote: ↑Mon Jun 19, 2023 10:34 pm
Here’s the link to the EIR for the sea wall work. It includes most of the groups involved.
https://files.hawaii.gov/dbedt/erp/Doc_ ... Repair.pdf
Thanks a lot for this information!
WoW feature 4 ! Never heard of it, until now. As much as sometimes I think I know the property from the outside (somewhat from the inside), there is still something that impresses me!
Any photos of feature 4?
Some opinion?
I don’t know the page, but somewhere in there is the earliest known aerial photo of the estate, from 1949 I believe it was. It doesn’t help much with figuring out feature 4. The area had lots of foliage then as well. Perhaps it was just a shaded terrace area protected from the wind. As someone who lives right at the coast, I know first hand that it can make a relaxing afternoon much less so if the onshores are particularly strong or persistent. It’s a circumstance that many who don’t live in such an area probably give much thought to. Many homes today have large glass panels on balconies and terraces to allow for the view but protect from the winds. That wasn’t really an architectural option in the 1930’s. They didn’t have air conditioning technology either… but they sure could make use of those winds, and Pahonu’s architect sure did.
If the onshore winds were really blowing, the only exterior protected areas on the estate would be the front and rear courtyards, shielded by the main house one-story ell, and the rear courtyard wall. That wall is about 5-6 feet tall unlike the lower front courtyard wall we are all so familiar with. Neither of these courtyards had much foliage for shade though. This feature 4 would have been protected from the wind by both the main house and the rear parking court wall. It also had large trees for shade. That’s just speculation on my part, but there certainly is evidence of wind protection in both the original design of the main house and later the tennis court. The front courtyard has the covered terrace adjacent the arched arcade, and the upper balcony over that arcade is turned 90 degrees to the ocean. That’s not a coincidence, I believe. The tennis court has the wind-protection fabric on its north fence facing the ocean so as not to take the onshore winds straight on. That tennis court isn’t in the 40’s photo, by the way.
Sorry that got long!
No problem that the post is long I could read and listen to Pahon forever!
Well, I can say that I agree with many of your opinions.
that place could have been a good part of the property when the coast side was rough. The winds. And as you stated, the house and the trees could serve as a shelter very well, maybe even the wind at the end of it all would hardly be felt at feature 4.
It's amazing how Pahonu still has such secrets today.
Check out the photos in the post above