Hawaiʻi Chapter of the American Planning Association Honors HHF’s Kiersten Faulkner, Named to the American Institute of Certified Planners College of FellowsHawaiʻi Chapter of the American Planning Association Honors HHF’s Kiersten Faulkner, Named to the American Institute of Certified Planners College of Fellows
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Hawaiʻi Chapter of the American Planning Association Honors HHF’s Kiersten Faulkner, Named to the American Institute of Certified Planners College of Fellows
Mahalo to everyone who joined the Hawaiʻi Chapter of the American Planning Association (APA) and Historic Hawaiʻi Foundation at the June 29th reception to recognize Kiersten Faulkner for being named to the prestigious American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) College of Fellows, the planning profession’s highest honor. It was wonderful seeing [...]
Preserving Hawai‘i’s Heritage: Aiko Yamashiro, Executive Director of the Hawai‘i Council for the Humanities
Since 1972, the Hawai‘i Council for the Humanities (HIHumanities) has encouraged and supported programming that "binds the people of Hawai‘i together as a stronger community." HIHumanities is one of 56 state and jurisdictional humanities councils in the US. Organized as the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities [...]
My Tour of the Historic Judd Building, Hawai‘i’s First “Skyscraper”
By Wendy Tolleson, MA On May 25th, I toured the Judd Building at 851 Fort Street in downtown Honolulu with Columnist and Consultant Bob Sigall. The building is located on the corner of Fort and Merchant and was erected in 1898. The architect, Oliver Traphagen, also designed The Moana [...]
Bridging Youth Education and Volunteerism at Hāmākua Jodo Mission
By Sandy Takahashi, Hāmākua Jodo Mission Member and volunteer at Honoka‘a Heritage Center In early 2022, Dr. Patsy Iwasaki, an accomplished author, researcher and instructor of the English Department at University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo (UHH), contacted Hāmākua Jodo Mission (HJM) about scheduling a visit. Dr. Iwasaki was making plans to [...]
Merchant Street Commercial & Civic Historic District Nomination Amended
The Merchant Street Commercial and Civic Historic District located in downtown Honolulu is an excellent example of an early commercial center in post-contact, pre-territorial, and Territorial Hawai‘i. As one of the first official streets in Hawai‘i and one of the city’s first economic hubs, it is significant for its role [...]
Grant Supports Three Projects Preserving Lahaina’s History
The HHF Historic Preservation Grants Program supports projects that preserve historic buildings or sites as a vehicle for building community and enhancing Hawai‘i's sense of place. These 3 Lahaina projects are great examples! Lahaina Restoration Foundation recently completed three important preservation projects in Lahaina, Maui: replacing cracked roof tiles [...]