Coco Palms Hotel in Hawaii: Casas and Originals

[fancollector12]

Apparently there was a hotel in Hawaii called Coco Palms Resort that was filled with tons of Hunter Originals (brass) but also Casablanca Panamas in the bar/lounge area added on later (here's a screenshot I took from a video):

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There are Hunter Originals in the lobby and other areas too:

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This is pretty cool to see this... unfortunately the hotel was destroyed by a hurricane in 1992 and abandoned soon thereafter, and apparently it had a fire this past July. Here's pictures from coco-palms.com, an unofficial fan site of the hotel:

Bar/lounge with the Panamas:

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[fancollector12]

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Lobby Originals

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Open-air dining room Originals

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Another view of the same Originals

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I've seen this place (in pictures). It was GORGEOUS when operating.

[ransom]

 I was excited when they announced they would be restoring it... with hopes of cool installs if the original theme and architecture is kept. I am all about installs where obnoxiously long downrods are involved lol.

[fancollector12]

Most of these look like good restore candidates, too bad none of us live on the Island in Hawaii or we could ask the contractors for them... look at those fans in their "glory days"... too bad the place caught fire in July they're probably in worse condition now.

[ransom]

One of my good friends is from Kauai and her family lives not too far from there. She said it has been watched more recently by security/police do to vandalism and the mysterious fire... ontop of that she said the locals say there is superstition or something regarding the place. Either way I will ask her if she can have her sister keep an eye out for contractors once they start demolition.

[Drew K.]

I've been following Bob Jasper's (the property caretaker) updates on the renovations/restore. The resort lobby and main area has been demolished just recently, like last month, as for the new designs that would be cool if they put Originals in on the same installs, they've said that they want to make reproduction of some of the resorts features.

Wasn't there a thread from years ago where there were pictures of what looked like a bunch of 60" Originals at some abandoned resort? I can't seem to find the thread but I can swear someone posted something like that.

[fancollector12]

Oct 30, 2014 16:58:00 GMT -5 Drew K. said:

I've been following Bob Jasper's (the property caretaker) updates on the renovations/restore. The resort lobby and main area has been demolished just recently, like last month, as for the new designs that would be cool if they put Originals in on the same installs, they've said that they want to make reproduction of some of the resorts features.

Wasn't there a thread from years ago where there were pictures of what looked like a bunch of 60" Originals at some abandoned resort? I can't seem to find the thread but I can swear someone posted something like that.

That's sad about they already demolished it

[ransom]

Ahh dang. Too little too late... Yea Derek K. I hope they keep the same tall vaulted lobby/lounge with the same fan installs. It would also be cool if they did pre-new Hunter Originals instead of the current models.

[organistjx]

Here's a picture of the lobby (I think): after the fire. I don't see any Hunters or Casablancas, though...

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[organistjx]

Oct 31, 2014 0:01:59 GMT -5 ransom said:

Ahh dang. Too little too late... Yea Derek K. I hope they keep the same tall vaulted lobby/lounge with the same fan installs. It would also be cool if they did pre-new Hunter Originals instead of the current models.

Same here. The one thing I am worried about on this whole restore thing is if the builders decide to 'update' the interiors of the buildings... I've seen this all too much. *shudders*

[fancollector12]

The Hunters got destroyed in the fire I bet

[Cullen D.]

How much you wanna bet there will be no fans in the new building?

[ransom]

Oct 31, 2014 21:47:29 GMT -5 Cullen D. said:

How much you wanna bet there will be no fans in the new building?

Ha... yeah. I never understood why it seems like so many designers are against ceiling fans. I get that there are a lot of gaudy/cheap designs out there, but there are also many great options. I get annoyed when  I watch a remodel and they replace a nice fan and or good install with some random light fixture... Esp when I can think of at least 3 to 4 fans that would "complete" the room. I feel like HGTV is 100% anti ceiling fans unless they are stretching a tight budget and can only afford to repaint or leave the fan. I remember seeing an episode of one of their shows where a woman insisted that the fan stay and it still got removed in the remodel.

[organistjx]

Oct 31, 2014 23:16:38 GMT -5 ransom said:

Oct 31, 2014 21:47:29 GMT -5 Cullen D. said:

How much you wanna bet there will be no fans in the new building?

Ha... yeah. I never understood why it seems like so many designers are against ceiling fans. I get that there are a lot of gaudy/cheap designs out there, but there are also many great options. I get annoyed when  I watch a remodel and they replace a nice fan and or good install with some random light fixture... Esp when I can think of at least 3 to 4 fans that would "complete" the room. I feel like HGTV is 100% anti ceiling fans unless they are stretching a tight budget and can only afford to repaint or leave the fan. I remember seeing an episode of one of their shows where a woman insisted that the fan stay and it still got removed in the remodel.

Well, half the stuff on HGTV is fake anyways. Guess that's why half of today's fans are so craptacular... hardly anyone wants them.