La Ronde (restaurant)

Not to be confused with La Ronde at Chateau Lacombe Hotel, Edmonton, Canada.
La Ronde (atop the Ala Moana Office Building)
La Ronde (atop in center of image)

La Ronde was a restaurant[1] in Honolulu,[2] Hawaii. Built in 1961[3] and designed by John Graham,[4] it was the first revolving restaurant in the United States[5] (preceding the "Eye of the Needle" restaurant in Seattle) and the third[6][7] of its kind (after[8][9] the Florian Tower and the Cairo Tower) in the world. The restaurant is now closed.

  1. ^ Going 'round Waikiki, 2006 Archived 10 May 2017 at the Wayback Machine Star Bulletin (accessdate 31 July 2016)
  2. ^ Ala Moana Center[usurped] Emporis (accessdate 31 July 2016)
  3. ^ Ala Moana Building Archived 18 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine Ala Moana Center (accessdate 31 July 2016)
  4. ^ Ala Moana Center, Architectural History Report page 37-39 Archived 10 May 2017 at the Wayback Machine Mason Architects (accessdate 31 July 2016)
  5. ^ Some Construction and Housing Firsts in Hawaii, 72nd Annual Report, 1963, page 108 (11) Archived 1 November 2018 at the Wayback Machine Hawaiian Historical Society (accessdate 31 July 2016)
  6. ^ A Brief History of Buildings That Spin Archived 17 June 2018 at the Wayback Machine Anthony Paletta, Gizmodo (accessdate 31 July 2016)
  7. ^ A Moveable Feast: A Brief History of the Revolving Restaurant Archived 22 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine J S Graboyes, Duckpie (accessdate 31 July 2016)
  8. ^ Revolving Restaurants in the Americas Archived 6 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine Phil Dotree, Interesting America (accessdate 31 July 2016)
  9. ^ Pie in the skies – revolving restaurants Archived 5 June 2016 at the Wayback Machine Jan Whitaker, Restaurant-ing through History (accessdate 31 July 2016)