Showing posts with label Kewalo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kewalo. Show all posts
Monday, November 10, 2014

Kaʻākaukukui, Kukuluāeʻo and Kewalo

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Ka‘ākaukukui, Kukuluāe‘o and Kewalo were once the ‘ili (sub-sections of ahupuaʻa) that is now generally referred to as “Kakaʻako," w...
Sunday, September 28, 2014

Salt

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Within ten years after Captain Cook’s 1778 contact with Hawai‘i, the islands became a favorite port of call in the trade with China.  The...
Tuesday, April 15, 2014

“Reclamation” Projects – Early-1900s

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"Whenever in the opinion of the Board of Health any tract or parcel of land situated in the District of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, sh...
Friday, March 7, 2014

Kakaʻako Land Fill

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In 1898, the US Army built a seawall and filled a submerged coral reef on the ‘Ewa (western) side of Kaʻākaukukui for a gun emplacement a...
Thursday, January 23, 2014

Ala Wai Boat Harbor

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Waikīkī was well-suited for Hawaiian shallow-draft canoes that did not require deep water and could be easily beached. Deeper-draft W...
Saturday, August 17, 2013

ʻIli Lele

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Ahupuaʻa were land divisions that served as a means of managing people and taking care of the people who support them, as well as an easy...
Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Ala Moana Center

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In ancient times, the area was known as Kālia – an ʻili in the ahupuaʻa of Waikīkī - that runs from the present Halekūlani Hotel to Piʻik...
Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Evolution of Honolulu Harbor

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Coral doesn’t grow in freshwater.  So, where a stream enters a coastal area, there is typically no coral growth at that point – and, as t...
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Sunday, June 2, 2013

Kewalo Basin

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The Island of Oʻahu has three of the State’s nine commercial harbors – Kalaeloa Barbers Point, Kewalo Basin and Honolulu Harbor. Kalael...
Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Hawaiian Tuna Packers

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In lawaiʻa hi aku (fishing for aku,) “the slapping of the fish against the men's sides and the arching of the bamboo poles as the ak...
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Monday, March 11, 2013

Cyclomere

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The lead line, “Bicycle racing in Honolulu has come to stay,” in the February 8, 1898 issue of the Hawaiian Gazette was more wishful thi...
Thursday, January 31, 2013

William Charles Lunalilo

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William Charles Lunalilo was born on January 31, 1835 in an area known as Pohukaina (now part of Honolulu) to High Chiefess Miriam ‘Auhe...
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Saturday, December 29, 2012

Transformation of Ala Moana Coastline

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The coastal road from Honolulu Harbor to Waikīkī, formerly called the “Beach Road” and renamed “Ala Moana” in 1899, hugged the shoreline...
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Thursday, December 27, 2012

Ke-ahi-a-Kawelo (“the-fire-of-Kawelo”)

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Ka‘ā (literally translated means, "the rocky area") is the largest ahupuaʻa on Lānaʻi, and covers almost 19,500-acres of land,...
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