Kawao Park is no more. The site it once occupied, high on the western wall of Palolo Valley, has been irreparably scarred by a contractor hired by a developer required by the City and County of Honolulu to build a … Continued
Hamakua’s List of Creditors Sheds Light on Operations On August 14, 1992, Francis Morgan’s Hamakua Sugar Company filed for protection from creditors under Chapter 11 of the federal bankruptcy law. The action was as predictable as tomorrows sunrise. Even so, … Continued
Aliapa`akai, the Hawaiians called it – “salt pond.” Legend has it that the lake, which lay within the leeward O’ahu district Moanalua, was dug by Pele and the salt was from her tears. In 1822, missionaries visiting the site limned … Continued
In this issue of Environment Hawai`i, the operations of the City and County of Honolulu Department of Parks and Recreation at two of its sites are examined in some detail. Work at one site, Salt Lake, involves the construction of … Continued