Whither Kakaako?

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1/24/2012
By Warren Iwasa

The Star-Advertiser greeted Gov. Neil Abercrombie’s proposed 650-foot condo tower in Kakaako with caution, calling for “extensive, transparent” public hearings. (“Kakaako project has merit, but tower worries,” Our View, Oct. 30, 2011).

The project should raise other concerns, foremost among them the blind eye the Governor casts on the city’s planning efforts.

In an interview with the governor, Civil Beat's John Temple reported on Nov. 29, 2011 (“Urban Planning, Architecture Books Atop Hawaii Governor's Desk”), that “Abercrombie talked about how planning in Honolulu has been ‘hit and miss,’ how he wants to build a ‘third city,’ including an ‘urban oasis’ in Kakaako, and how a new public land development corporation could help.”

The idea of developing Kakaako as a third city — a “third urban destination, next to Waikiki and Kapolei” — was repeated by James H. Spencer in the Star-Advertiser (“Much world-class potential in Kakaako,” Dec. 04, 2011).

http://www.civilbeat.com/posts/2012/01/24/14668-whither-kakaako/

How do you feel about urban redevelopment in Honolulu and particularly in Kakaako?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakaako