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Owners of abutting Honolulu buildings remain locked in a renovation dispute

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Video by Craig T. Kojima / ckojima@staradvertiser.com
The owner of a visually unique tower nicknamed the "pimple building" is locked in a facade-to-facade dispute with the owner of an adjacent 3-story building sporting its own distinctive features.
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                                Joseph Pickard, owner and head of Community Planning & Engineering, Inc., points up at scaffolding. Pickard has been concerned about renovation work on the neighboring Queen Emma Building, claiming that broken bricks and poisoned pigeon feed rains down on his roof.
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Joseph Pickard, owner and head of Community Planning & Engineering, Inc., points up at scaffolding. Pickard has been concerned about renovation work on the neighboring Queen Emma Building, claiming that broken bricks and poisoned pigeon feed rains down on his roof.

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                                Some pieces of fallen brick and alleged poisoned pigeon feed were on display.
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Some pieces of fallen brick and alleged poisoned pigeon feed were on display.

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                                Makani Maeva, head of Ahe Group and co-owner of the Queen Emma building, has been in conflict with neighboring company owner Joseph Pickard.
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CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM

Makani Maeva, head of Ahe Group and co-owner of the Queen Emma building, has been in conflict with neighboring company owner Joseph Pickard.

CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM
                                Joseph Pickard, owner and head of Community Planning & Engineering, Inc., points up at scaffolding. Pickard has been concerned about renovation work on the neighboring Queen Emma Building, claiming that broken bricks and poisoned pigeon feed rains down on his roof.
CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM
                                Some pieces of fallen brick and alleged poisoned pigeon feed were on display.
CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARADVERTISER.COM
                                Makani Maeva, head of Ahe Group and co-owner of the Queen Emma building, has been in conflict with neighboring company owner Joseph Pickard.