Comments on: Windward Mall; Kaneohe, Hawaii

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By: M. Mood

M. Mood — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:30:27 +0000

Where Windward Mall is now used to be a big field with trees. Further back behind Heeia Elementary School there were cows. I remember going to the playground chainlink fence to look at the cows with my classmates. Once we saw a dead cow not too far from the fence and we allerted a teacher. It was a sad sight indeed at such a young age. The whole area was a field. I believe there was a house in there. Kaneohe did have old style plantation houses here and there. When they were digging to build the mall. I went into the lot and wrestled free a Diamond Head Soda bottle from the pile of rubble. My object….to remember the long lost country feel of Kaneohe. I still have that bottle.

By: Ed

Ed — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 03:14:57 +0000

Was there a Penney’s in this mall? Where? Where the Cinemas are at? Who knows! Penney’s left Hawaii faster than I did on my vacation, as soon as Mr. Chapman walked inside the Macy’s iwhere i was shopping, just paid and go…you know who am talking about

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 22:17:24 +0000

Wow, a mall that still has brick colored walk ways a main street type decor….thats rare!

By: Caldor

Caldor — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 23:03:16 +0000

I feel like I should clarify something that Prangeway said–we actually PREFER malls with older decor. We’re both of the mind that malls were built with a heck of a lot more character up until sometime in the mid-1980s, so he probably didn’t mean that statement disparagingly!

Thanks for the input!

By: amethyst

amethyst — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 21:31:39 +0000

I remember this as a weed-filled field. It seemed like it took forever to build and there was always some controversy about its construction. The mall actually swayed at times. Liberty House (now Macy’s) had a separate construction firm and perhaps it swayed less as a result. This was a pleasant place to take children for free music and dance (or other events) at Center Court. When it opened Penny’s was the other anchor. Despite what ‘Prangeway,’ says, I think this was a comfortable mall. I think it dates well. I like the colors, I never thought about them, so they didn’t distract me. That’s a good thing. (the floor could be slippery in places) Newer isn’t always better. Not all the stores appealed to me, but there were some bookstores and Local Motion, Liberty House and Liberty House Penthouse to draw me in. One bookstore catered to children. The food court was fair, not all mainland things, lots of ‘local’ choices. I remember how Cinnabons had long lines for years after it opened..*smile* Kaneohe had a population in the 35,000 range in the 1990s – I doubt if it’s more now, so this is actually a good sized mall for the population. It’s much more accessible as far as space and ‘local’ atmosphere than places like Ala Moana and Pearl Ridge. The skylight is great. It rains a lot in Kaneohe, so enclosed was a good fit.