Some WatDat questions are easy. For, example, this week's: A caller demanded to know why the building called One Archer Lane has windows on some floors and not on others. "Do the nice apartments get windows and the junk ones no get windows?" she asked. Easy answers to
WatDat questions
Indeed, a glance at the building shows shiny glass on some floors, but most floors have none.
The answer: The building is still under construction.
According to Myers Corporation project director Joe Metcalf, the reason is that contractor Fletcher Pacific has three crews working on the building, one crew on floors up to 8, one crew doing floors 9 to 18, another doing floors 19 to 41. One crew is slightly ahead of the other, which is why windows have blossomed around the building's equator.
Myers spokesperson Sarah Hayes assures us that every floor will have windows when the building is completed.
Some questions sound familiar. Another one last week: An e-mailer is curious about a mysterious overpass about halfway up Likelike Highway. It sounds familiar because that one was answered in a WatDat in October 1995.
The overpass is the driveway to the Burmeister home in upper Kalihi. The state tried to condemn the property to build Likelike, but the Burmeisters wanted to stay put. The solution was the overpass. It's private property, so stay away. There have been legal problems in the area, and a private detective was killed there in the mid-'60s.
What to do about old WatDats that refuse to die? This column ran for more than six months before the Honolulu Star-Bulletin went online. StarBulletin.com webmeister Blaine has created a site for those ancient-history, pre-net WatDats so these questions can be answered. So no boddah me. Go to http://starbulletin.com/specials/watdat .
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