As you approach the front of the art deco building that now houses the Hawaii Baptist Academy elementary school at Nuuanu and Bates, your eyes can’t miss the nearly 15-foot-high grand entry doors of carved koa. It’s hard to think of others like them anywhere else in Honolulu. Read more
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is a vast and complex federal government agency affecting almost every American. NOAA says its responsibilities reach from “the surface of the sun to the ocean floor.” Read more
Fences and walls can stir strong feelings. Think of the Berlin Wall or the proposed wall between Mexico and the U.S. Through the centuries fences and walls have caused controversy, bloodshed, turmoil and conquest. Read more
There is an 80-year-old treasure of a public building on Kailua Beach that has largely been ignored for about a decade. It is the Ossipoff-designed residence of the Boettcher Estate that sits in the middle of what became Kalama Beach Park when the city bought the property from Mae Boettcher in 1978 for $1.5 million — about half the appraised value. Read more
“Although the Cathedral (Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace) has been renovated in the past and had been maintained over the years, there has not been a major project to address her comprehensive needs for decades.” Read more
There are very few mansions left that belonged to Hawaii’s early-day moguls — that handful of business people who became very rich from various commercial activities. Read more
Visitors to Waikiki in 1929 could probably be counted in the hundreds. There were only two hotels along the beach in those days – the 28-year-old Moana and the recently opened Royal Hawaiian Hotel. Read more
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