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With the grounds of Iolani Palace and the Hawaii State Capitol at its core, the historic district reaches inland across Beretania Street to include the buildings and grounds of Washington Place and St. Andrew's Cathedral; crosses Richards Street to include the former Armed Services YMCA Building, YWCA Building, and Hawaiian Electric Company Building; crosses Queen Street on the seaward side to ...
The YWCA Building at 1040 Richards Street, Honolulu, Hawaii, popularly called the Richards Street Y, is now officially named Laniākea, which means 'open skies' or 'wide horizons' in the Hawaiian language. [2] It was designed by San Francisco architect Julia Morgan, who considered it one of her favorites. The building consists of two large ...
The Japanese Cultural Center of Hawaii opened on May 28, 1987 in Moiliili, a majority-Japanese neighborhood in Honolulu. By 1989, the fundraising committee had raised $7.5 million from the Keidanren and other Japanese organizations to buy land and construct a new building to house the organization. Construction of the first phase of the ...
The No. 1 Capitol District Building, also known as the Hemmeter Building, is a 134,000-square-foot building (12,400 m 2) on two acres (0.81 ha) in downtown Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. [1] Formerly known as the Armed Services YMCA Building , it houses the Capitol Modern Museum , the Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts , and ...
Amfac, Inc., formerly known as American Factors and originally H. Hackfeld & Co., was a land development company in Hawaii. Founded in 1898 as a retail and sugar business, it was considered one of the so-called Big Five companies in the Territory of Hawaii.
All about Hawaii: The Recognized Book of Authentic Information on Hawaii, Combined with Thrum's Hawaiian Annual and Standard Guide, Hawaii: Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 1904; Judd, Walter F. (1975). Palaces and Forts of the Hawaiian Kingdom: From Thatch to American Florentine. Honolulu: Pacific Books, Publishers. ISBN 978-0-87015-216-0.
The New Zealand Customs Service said that the seized drugs would have been worth up to NZ$3.8 million (about $2.2 million USD) in street value and had a potential social harm cost of approximately ...
Keola Street, Kuakini Street Route 7543: 0.559: 0.900 Richards Street (Route 7544) King Street (Route 7402) — — Hotel Street Route 7544: 0.209: 0.336 Beretania Street (Route 7502) King Street (Route 7042) — — Richards Street Route 7545: 2.233: 3.594 Pauoa Road (Route 7521) End of route — — Pacific Heights Road Route 7546: 1.877: 3 ...