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Fisherman’s wharf faces its final days

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GEORGE F. LEE / GLEE@STARADVERTISER.COM
The once-popular Fisherman’s Wharf restaurant, above, is now a target for graffiti. The Office of Hawaiian Affairs plans to get rid of the two-story building to make way for development in the area.
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STAR-ADVERTISER FILE PHOTO
Nautical kitsch was the order of the day. Some items might go up for auction before the building comes down.
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By 1989 Fisherman’s Wharf was on short-term leases in anticipation of Kewalo Basin redevelopment plans that didn’t pan out.
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STAR-ADVERTISER / 1959
The restaurant’s second-floor dining room featured a copper-clad open broiler when it opened in 1959.
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STAR-ADVERTISER / 1959
The restaurant’s second-floor Mermaid Bar, shown in 1959, was named for the impressionistic stained-glass mermaid window built into its mauka wall. The glass came from the old Elks Club building.