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The Royal Hawaiian, at 2259 Kalakaua Avenue, was opened on February 1, 1927 by Captain William Matson after his success with the Moana Hotel next door. The six-story "Pink Palace of the Pacific" was built at a cost of million and designed by Warren and Wetmore in Moorish Spanish-revival style. The hotel sits on 14 acres of prime Waikiki beachfront, which once served as a playground for King Kamehameha I, designed by landscape architect R.T. Stevens. Its public rooms, notably the Oceanside Lobby and Recreation Lounge, were redecorated in 1946 by Frances Elkins, the sister of architect David Adler. In 1969, the 17-floor Royal Tower, or Royal Hawaiian Tower Wing, was added.
The "Pink Lady" quickly became an icon of Hawaii’s glory days. Its first official registered guest was Princess Abigail Kawananakoa, who would have been queen of the Kingdom of Hawaii had the monarchy survived. Duke Kahanamoku, the legendary Olympic swimmer and popularizer of the sport of surfing, frequented the Royal Hawaiian Hotel restaurants and private beachfront. The hotel served as the Hawaii residence or Western White House of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and boasts the bar that invented the Shirley Temple cocktail. During World War II, the Royal Hawaiian was closed to tourists and leased exclusiely to the United States Navy as a rest and recreation center for the Pacific Fleet. Along with the rest of Matson’s Hawaiian properties, the hotel was sold to the Sheraton Corporation in 1959, and then subsequently to Kenji and Masakuni Osano. It is still owned by Kyo-ya Company Limited, the Osano brothers formed subsidiary of Kokusai Kogyo Company Limited, and managed by Starwood Hotels and Resorts.