With Ala Moana Shopping Center celebrating its 50th birthday, I rounded up some old photos from around this site in honor of the occasion. None quite go back as far as the opening of the center, but they’re still interesting bits of history.
Around 1959-60:
![[text]](http://ilind.net/oldkine_images/ilikai-views/image/2.jpg)
I think this next one is from 1965:
![[text]](http://ilind.net/oldkine_images/ala_moana_1965/source/image/ala-moana-view2.jpg)
And from 1967, looking mauka from the shopping center:
![[text]](http://ilind.net/oldkine_images/waikiki1967b/source/image/waikiki67-2.jpg)
And, across the street from the shopping center, Ulu Mau Village in Ala Moana Park:
![[text]](http://ilind.net/oldkine_images/ulumau1967/image/ulu-mau-11.jpg)
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I seem to recall that at one time Ala Moana was the biggest mall in the world. Does that sound familiar?