Eleven Properties Added to the Hawai‘i Register of Historic Places
The Hawai‘i Historic Places Review Board added eleven properties to the Hawai‘i Register of Historic Places in May 2024. Learn more about their history, characteristics and significance. Properties are eligible for inclusion in the register if they meet one or more criteria of historic significance: A) association with broad [...]
Designing for Democracy
Hawai‘i Capital Historic District and the History of Postwar American Government Centers by Daniel M. Abramson Professor of Architectural History and Director of Architectural Studies, Department of History of Art & Architecture, Boston University I am an architectural history professor at Boston University currently researching a book focused [...]
HART Releases Public Education Materials for Historic Places Along Skyline
The first batch of a planned series of educational and historic interpretive materials has been released to enrich the passenger experience along Honolulu’s elevated train system, known as Skyline. Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation (HART) produced three items that were publicly released in April [...]
Summer Reading List for Preservation Mavens!
If you're a preservation and history buff (and if you're reading this we assume you are), you'll be excited to add one or more of these recently published titles to your summer reading list. Happy Reading! Tambi Larsen’s 100 Entertainments of Kauaʻi Published by Kaua‘i Historical Society, [...]
Mālama Lauhala: Caring for the Cultural Resource of Hala at Niuliʻi, Kohala
by The Kohala Center staff In April 2024, The Kohala Center (TKC) welcomed weavers, artists, scientists, and cultural managers to the hala grove at Niuliʻi, Kohala, Hawaiʻi Island for a co-learning session focused on lauhala. Supported by the U.S. Geological Survey Pacific Island Climate Adaptation Science Centers, the [...]
Unveiling the Wonders of the National Tropical Botanical Garden
Celebrating 60 Years of Plant Preservation and Research "We're all about perpetuating tropical plants, ecosystems and cultural heritage. Our approach is really biocultural and what we mean by that is we care deeply about the relationships between our ecosystems and our communities, between people and plants." ~Communications Director David [...]
