hazards which prevent the memorial from being a proud representation and tribute to WW1 veterans. The EIS study notes the "significant and adverse" socio-cultural impact if no action is taken to improve the dilapidated structure. The city mayor estimates the preferred option of renovation to cost around $25.6 million USD. Kaimana Beach Adjacent to the south of the Natatorium lies Kaimana Beach, a popular destination for the local resident Honolulu population of the Kaimuki, Manoa, Diamond Head and other surrounding communities. Kaimana is a sandy beach lined with palms with a lifeguard tower, showers and public parking. Kaimana Beach was originally a rocky beach with a narrow strip of sand. It is also known as Sans Souci Beach, (French for "without worries") for the hotel once run by George Lycurgus in 1893, named in turn after the Sanssouci Palace in Potsdam. After the Waikiki War Memorial Natatorium was built adjacent to Kaimana and just off the shoreline, the beach was able to accumulate a vastly wider sandy beach which makes it so popular today. The name Kaimana is not an ancient Hawaiian name for the area, but is rather the Hawaiian pronunciation of the English name for the nearby Diamond Head. The former Sans Souci site is now the New Otani Kaimana Beach Hotel. Kaimana Beach was the end point of the first submarine communications cable between California and Hawaii. Duke Kahanamoku's uncle, David Piikoi, was said to have been the person who dragged the underwater cable through Kapua Channel and onto Kaimana's shore in 1902. The first telegraphic message over this new cable was sent on January 1, 1903, from Henry Ernest Cooper to President Theodore Roosevelt in Washington, DC. Gallery References External links Friends of the Waikiki Natatorium War Memorial National Trust for Historic Preservation.org: Waikiki Natatorium War Memorial webpage Buildings and structures in Honolulu Waikiki World War I memorials in the United States Monuments and memorials in Hawaii Monuments and memorials on the National Register of Historic Places in Hawaii National Register of Historic Places in Honolulu Swimming venues in Hawaii 1927 establishments in Hawaii 1920s architecture in the United States Beaux-Arts architecture in Hawaii Hawaiian architecture