Thursday, December 4, 2014

Shangri La, Hawaii: A Beautiful Day in Doris Duke's Neighborhood

Continued from  here

Doris Duke & hubby bought the land for Shangri La near Diamond Head in Honolulu, HI in 1935. If I had been Miss Duke, I would have also bought much of the surrounding property to ensure the ultimate in privacy.  After all, what she paid back then must have felt like chump change for a billionaire like herself.  It cost her $125,000 for almost 5 acres -- the equivalent of $11,400,000 in  relative average income  that one would need in 2013  to buy a comparable piece of land. Aaaah, the many benefits of being ultra rich and making a good investment. For example, how would you like to be looking at the view below as you dined from your lanai? 

View of the harbor and Diamond Head from the house's dining area/lanai
 view of the house and lanai  from her boat harbor






Note:  Because of injuries/lawsuits in the past that the Doris Duke Foundation has had to pay, there was a fence installed in April 2014 that closes off the harbor from divers.




Aerial Views

It has become a crowded neighborhood!


another view of the beautiful property


Shangri La in October, 1957


   continued HERE