Construction work on the future Royal Hawaiian (Honolulu) retail store has reached a mysterious point: What material will be used for the exterior wall of the store? The island is natural wonderland, with blue skies, majestic ocean waves and volcanic rocks. Workers installed a series of support brackets on the large wall to the left of the store entrance, and earlier this year installed panels of dark-colored stone. However, within weeks the stone came down, leaving the brackets now empty. Adjacent store walls are made of undistinctive, textured concrete. On-going Web coverage of the construction by Mark shows the original stone wall, and the current blank wall. His photos also show a strange Genius Bar arrangement, which appears to be–appropriately–an island. A photo after the break.
In this composite photo by Bruno, a black barricade hides the wall beyond the worker in the white shirt. However, you can see the wall on the left, and that it’s now not covered at all.
