Honolulu highlights photographed in March 2008:
Downtown skyline:
This is the city's main business and historic area, located on the South shore on the Hawaiian island of Oahu.
Kaka'ako skyline:
This is a redeveloping area West of downtown and East of Waikiki:
Historic downtown:
Many of Hawaii's civic pre-statehood buildings in downtown still exist, and many feature Mediterranean Revival styles.
Mid-century modern downtown:
Many buildings built at the time of statehood and beyond fully embraced the modern aesthetic, including the Hawaii State Capitol which features a legislative chamber that is evocative of a volcano!
Modern downtown towers:
These are some of the residential and business towers of the last 20 years in downtown and the nearby Kaka'ako area between downtown and Waikiki.
Waikiki:
This highrise hotel and residential district occupies a narrow strip between the famous beach and the Ala Wai Canal, and is bordered by the Kaka'ako area to the East and Kapiolani Park and famous Diamond Head to the West. It is a very high density area with a few of the historic resort properties surrounded by mostly uninspired 1960's and 1970's towers. However, there are certainly some good projects scattered throughout, and the overall visual effect from afar is impressive! A large tourist and high-end retail district blends along with the hotel and beachfront, housed in a variety of outdoor centers and buildings.
Hawaii Convention Center:
This modern facility is on the edge of Waikiki.
Shangri-La:
This estate lies on the coastline on the other side of Diamond Head from Waikiki. It was owned by Doris Duke and filled with a fantastic collection of Islamic art, and is now open to the public and operated by the Honolulu Academy of Arts.
National Cemetery of the Pacific:
This military cemetery lies in the Punchbowl, a crater in the hills above the city.
U.S.S. Arizona and Oklahoma Memorials:
In Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, the U.S.S. Arizona battleship remains lie in shallow water where she sank, and a modernist open-air building forms a bridge over the deck as a memorial. Nearby on land is the newer and more modest memorial for the U.S.S. Oklahoma, also a ship of many casualties on the day that will live in infamy.
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