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Honolulu, the capital of Hawaii, is a U.S. city. As of late 2020, Honolulu had 92 high-rise buildings over 300 feet (91 meters) in height, with four more under construction. [1] The first high-rise that exceeded 350 ft was the Ala Moana Hotel built in 1970.
The gardens were listed in the National Register of Historic Places as site 04000020 on February 11, 2004. [2] Honolulu Memorial Park was established in 1958, and its Buddhist Kinkaku-ji memorial and Sanju Pagoda were constructed between 1964 and 1966 as part of the Nuʻuanu Memorial Gardens Funerary Home, adjacent to history Oahu Cemetery.
Honolulu Hale Annex (1916) U.S. Post Office, Customhouse, and Courthouse (1921) King David Kalakaua Building (1922) State Office Building (1926) YWCA Building (1927) Hawaiian Electric Company Building (1927) Armed Services YMCA (1928) Honolulu Hale (1929) and grounds; State Tax Office (1939)
Hawaiʻi Kai is located approximately 12 miles (19 km) east of the Central Business District (CBD) of Honolulu. In the 2000 U.S. Census the U.S. Census Bureau defined Hawaiʻi Kai as being in the urban Honolulu census-designated place. [2] For the 2010 U.S. Census the bureau created a new census-designated place, East Honolulu. [3]
Chabudai in a traditional setting In use, circa 1900. A chabudai (卓袱台 or 茶袱台 or 茶部台) is a short-legged table used in traditional Japanese homes. The original models ranged in height from 15 cm (5.9 in) to 30 cm (12 in). [1] People seated at a chabudai may sit on zabuton or tatami rather than on chairs. The four legs are ...
Kāhala, is a neighborhood in Honolulu, Hawaii. Kahala contains a large concentration of luxury real estate and beachfront properties. It consists of approximately 1,200 homes. [1] [2] Kahala is also home to the Kahala Hotel & Resort, formerly known as the Kahala Mandarin Oriental, and prior to the Kahala Hilton.
In Honolulu's Chinatown, street signs are different from usual signs; they are red-framed and written in English and Chinese. The Chinatown-Downtown Honolulu Neighborhood Board is an elected nine-member volunteer organization dedicated to improving the governance of this specially designated region.
Geoffrey W. Fairfax, The Architecture of Honolulu, Island Heritage, c. 1972. (out of print) Robert Jay, The Architecture of Charles W. Dickey: Hawaii and California, University of Hawaiʻi Press, 1994. (out of print) Judd, Walter F. (1975). Palaces and Forts of the Hawaiian Kingdom: From Thatch to American Florentine. Palo Alto, CA: Pacific Books.