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I personally think its sad that the only way to get a nice clean neighborhood is when investors or developers can make millions & billions in profit for it.
I personally think it is sad when people think money for the state just appears out of thin air.
I personally think it is sad when people think money for the state just appears out of thin air.
Obviously the tax money was there before todays redevelopment of kakaako for example. What was it 200million just spent on just infrastructure alone for the development? How much tax money was spent so the developers could build a new International market place or just another mall? Just as i was saying its not the end result but the means of getting that result sometimes thats the issue.
Isnt it interesting no money to upkeep or keep waikiki pretty. But to change neighborhoods or gentrafy them then we have a cash cow. I personally think its sad that the only way to get a nice clean neighborhood is when investors or developers can make millions & billions in profit for it.
No, that's NOT what I was saying. Waikiki has been improved steadily throughout the years. Lewers Street reno is awesome, one of my favorite areas on the rare occasions I go to Waikiki.
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Isnt it interesting no money to upkeep or keep waikiki pretty.
Huh?
Money seems to be making its way to Waikiki and it gets more and more beautiful every time we visit!
You should go to Hawaii sometime HBH. I really think you would like it!
Money seems to be making its way to Waikiki and it gets more and more beautiful every time we visit!
You should go to Hawaii sometime HBH. I really think you would like it!
Well like i said b4, i no doubt would probably find a bunch of things i love or like, its my home and where my heart and spirit is. But i will probably be upset and grieve for the things that are bad and lost too. I can always find something wonderful about anything.
No, that's NOT what I was saying. Waikiki has been improved steadily throughout the years. Lewers Street reno is awesome, one of my favorite areas on the rare occasions I go to Waikiki.
Huh? That is what you said right? "I was always shocked at how raggedy Waikiki was pre-Harris. It was like the State collectively said: "We have beaches and good weather. We don't need to do anything else."
Still hate the trip from the airport to Waikiki, though they did some clean-up with APEC. I'm surprised more high rises are not ripped down in Kaimuki/McCully area and rebuilt. It's just dingy."
Kuhio could use some improvement. I read awhile ago that there were plans to improve it with better lighting, more trees, etc. But I've yet to see it actually happen.
Kapiolani Blvd on the back side of the mall is a nice example of how just planting rows of trees can make a big aesthetic improvement.
Slowly but surely it is getting there (like the Hilton opening) - but it still seems very ghetto like once it gets dark with a decent amount of crime late night.
Eventually the shady businesses on Kuhio will close down and rebuilt with something decent.
Slowly but surely it is getting there (like the Hilton opening) - but it still seems very ghetto like once it gets dark with a decent amount of crime late night.
Eventually the shady businesses on Kuhio will close down and rebuilt with something decent.
So the only way to get improvements is basically have gentrafication happen? I doubt hawaii or the country lacks in hilton hotels? Im sorry, you must see how this is wrong right? Every community pays taxes right? But i bet you a box of Leonard's Malasadas that if Kuhio was slated to be the next kakaako there wouldn't be any problems.
Anyway Kuhio used to be gorgeous. I remember the old Kuhio theater, it had a fountain inside and gorgeous modern decore.
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