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Friday, February 2, 2001
By Ken Sakamoto, Star-Bulletin
Construction crews remove the remains of the rock wall
in front of Queen's Medical Center.
Burl Burlingame
Star-Bulletin
parking lot was here one day, gone the next. It had been a fixture on Punchbowl Street for decades, low enough for folks to sit on, high enough to separate the medical campus from the busy street.Not enough reason to save it. And despite the impression that the wall had always been there, the hospital told the State Historic Preservation Division that it only dated back to the 1960s.
"We were concerned about it being torn down because it was such a nice wall, but there was no proof that it was more than 50 years old, so our hands were tied," said Oahu architecture expert Tonia Moy of the state office.
Under state statutes, only structures more than 50 years old can be declared historic landmarks, except for aviation facilities. And being 50 or older doesn't always keep them safe.
The hospital, which is doing extensive reconstruction along Punchbowl, said it wished to open up the area, said Moy. That's certainly been done. We can now look over and see what kinds of cars the physicians are driving while we wait in traffic.
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