Posted in Hawaii on Jul 24th, 2009
I’ve been visiting and helping (when I can) with the Makiki Community Learning Center (formerly the Makiki Library) this year. Until my wedding was imminent, I was also trying to help with their Rediscover Makiki event, which is really a Sunset in the Park, Makiki’s version of the Sunset on the Beach events sponsored in [...]
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Posted in Hawaii, Politics-Goverment on Apr 3rd, 2009
If you haven’t done so already, you can read A History of Makiki Library, Part 1, which discusses it’s storied history to the present day. But here’s the rest of the story now:
Over the years, however, the library’s aging building deteriorated and suffered damage from vandalism. At one time, the City contemplated demolishing the building. [...]
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Posted in Hawaii, Politics-Goverment on Mar 28th, 2009
I’m not sure why this post didn’t go up yesterday, as scheduled, but here it is today. As you know, I attended the Grand Re-Opening of the Makiki Library on Wednesday. You can see some pictures here, here, and here.
I thought I’d share some of the history of the Library with you.
Makiki District Park was [...]
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