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Wailua: Ke Awāwa o Nā Ali‘i – Valley of The Kings
Wailua: Ke Awāwa o Nā Ali‘i – Valley of The Kings

Wailua: Ke Awāwa o Nā Ali‘i – Valley of The Kings

April 24, 2020: This stunning video presents the cultural importance of Wailuanuiaho‘ano, the great sacred Wailua, located on the East side of Kaua‘i, along the Wailua River. Captured are the abundance of historic sites in this rich cultural landscape and the royal lineage, mo‘olelo and histories of people who lived there. As the seat of power for several generations of ali‘i, Wailua was the political, religious and social center from the mid-13th century through the reign of Kaumuali‘i. The Wailua Complex of Heiau, a National Historic Landmark, consists of four heiau: Hikinaakalā, Malaeho‘akoa, Holoholokū and Poliahu; Hauola pu‘uhonua (place of refuge); Ho‘ohanau pohaku royal birthing stone; and a bellstone. Kumu hula and residents of Wailua share their personal connection to the area as a spiritual center connected to the greater universe; as a place rich in history and identity; and as a place of inspiration, ingrained with the wisdom of our kūpuna. The video was produced as one of several measures in response to community concern related to transportation facilities proposed in the area that were addressed during Section 106 consultation, of which Historic Hawai‘i Foundation was a consulting party. It has been selected to receive an Interpretive Media Preservation Award as an exemplary and impactful interpretation of the significance of a historic site. The Preservation Award will recognize Palikū Documentary Films, the Hawai‘i Department of Transportation, Kehau Kekua, Freckles Smith, and Beverly Muraoka. The fi ‘ lm was directed by Nā‘ālehu Anthony. By Andrea Nandoskar and Beth Iwata, staff of Historic Hawai‘i Foundation. https://youtu.be/bQXt06f5Zw0

HistoricHawaii2020-05-21T13:49:30-10:00April 24th, 2020|Categories: Blog, Preservation Awards|Tags: #Kauai, #PreservationAwards, #SavingPlaces, #ThisPlaceMatters, #Wailua, Hawaii|

Maile Melrose and her Passion to Preserve Kona
Maile Melrose and her Passion to Preserve Kona

Maile Melrose and her Passion to Preserve Kona

June 23, 2020: Hawai‘i Public Radio’s Ku‘uwehi Hiraishi interviews Maile Melrose about her family's experience with the Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918 which took the life of her mother’s brother. Click here to listen. April 23, 2020: Maile Melrose is a woman wedded to place. As a multi-generational kama‘āina of South Kona, Melrose has committed her life to protecting and perpetuating the history, flora and fauna of the Kona District. She is a highly respected historian, researcher, author, speaker and noted living history storyteller with a background in Anthropology and Hawaiian Studies. Maile is the great-granddaughter of Henry Nicholas Greenwell, founder of the H.N. Greenwell Store, the oldest surviving store in Kona. Considered one of Kona’s living treasures, Maile holds deep knowledge of Kona's families, places, businesses and history. With her understanding of intricate relationships between places and people, Maile is able to weave a complex narrative about the people who have shaped this incredible history. Her work highlights the Hawaiian families of the Kona ahupua‘a and their stories and traditions that have persisted through the disruption of Western Contact, the achievements of European adventurers in their curiosity about the Hawaiian Islands through the 1800s, as well as the families who shape Kona's landmark agricultural industries, ranching and coffee. Renowned for her storytelling skills, as a volunteer of the Kona Historical Society and Living History Museum, Maile inspires and educates visitors with place-based lore. Her passion is evident in her performances in the Society’s cemetery tours and historical Jeep Tours. In the Hanohano ‘o Kona Lecture Series, Maile shares her knowledge of Kona's natural history and unique bird and plant species. She has published stories of Kona in online form for several years via KHS' [...]

HistoricHawaii2020-06-30T18:06:27-10:00April 23rd, 2020|Categories: Blog, Preservation Awards|Tags: #AmyGreenwellGarden, #Kona, #Peoplesavingplaces, #PreservationAwards, #SavingPlaces|

Announcing the 2020 Preservation Award Honorees
Announcing the 2020 Preservation Award Honorees

Announcing the 2020 Preservation Award Honorees

Historic Hawai‘i Foundation is pleased to announce the honorees for the 46th Annual Historic Preservation Honor Awards. Inaugurated in 1975, the Historic Preservation Honor Awards are Hawai‘i’s highest recognition of projects, organizations, publications and individuals active in preservation, rehabilitation, restoration, or interpretation of archaeological, architectural, and cultural sites throughout the Hawaiian Islands. This year’s honorees reflect the rich diversity of Hawai‘i’s history and heritage. Through partnership and engagement, the honorees exemplify the spirit of collaboration in our communities.

HistoricHawaii2021-01-05T14:07:25-10:00April 17th, 2020|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: #Awards, #Historic, #HistoricHawaiiFoundation, #HistoricPreservation, #HistoricSites, #PreservationAwards, #SavingPlaces|

Lāna‘i City Housing Program Preserves Historic Charm of Era
Lāna‘i City Housing Program Preserves Historic Charm of Era

Lāna‘i City Housing Program Preserves Historic Charm of Era

Preservation Honor Awards Recognizes Lāna‘i City Historic Housing Program for Perpetuating Town Design and Community 4/15/2020: Anyone fortunate enough to be guided through a tour of historic Lāna‘i City knows its charms. The “Pineapple Island” no longer produces pineapple, but the built environment still reflects the design and community memories of the early 20th-century agricultural era. Over the past five years, Pūlama Lāna‘i has engaged in a comprehensive program to preserve, maintain, rehabilitate, reconstruct and replace historic housing within Lāna‘i City. The program includes both treatments for existing buildings and the production of new infill housing. Lāna‘i City was a planned community that followed the urban design principles of the Garden City movement, as adapted and interpreted by the Hawaiian Pineapple Company’s (HAPCo) “Village” planning standards in the early 1920s. The town plan followed the concepts of a central greenspace (Dole Park) with tree-lined streets and avenues, generous yards and setbacks for gardens and vegetation, and designated areas of housing, businesses, civic areas, industry and agriculture. It is considered the first planned community in the Territory of Hawai‘i (1923). Aerial photograph of Lāna‘i City taken on October 23, 1929, looking northwest. Courtesy Lāna‘i Culture & Heritage Center. Designed by engineer David E. Root and substantially completed by 1924, Lāna‘i City is the last intact extant example of “Garden City” and “Village” planning standards remaining in Maui County, and one of only three in the state (the others are the Hickam and Wheeler Historic Districts on military installations on O‘ahu, constructed in the 1930s-1940s). According to the documentation submitted to nominate the Lāna‘i City historic district to the Hawai‘i Register of Historic Places, the town also contains the largest collection of intact plantation period buildings [...]

HistoricHawaii2020-05-13T14:34:10-10:00April 15th, 2020|Categories: Blog|Tags: #Lanai, #PreservationAwards, #SavingPlaces|