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Monday, March 5, 2001
File photo
Remodeling of Queen's Hospital in 1959.
Here we are back at The Queen's Medical Center. Their latest round of construction is almost done, including the emergency room, where shocked and saddened citizens gathered recently to maintain a tearful vigil over Hawaii's most-important public servant as he gamely fought his way back from injuries sustained in a car accident. Coral-block wall
gone, not forgottenThe new pink-beige parking structure is almost pau, and features the stucco-and-hanging-gardens aesthetic that symbolizes "local" architecture in the 1990s. If only public housing looked as nice!
If it's hard to get a grip on The Queen's, it's because the original solitary structure has mutated over the years and has been consumed by itself. Here's a picture of The Queens under destruction/construction in 1959, as yet another wing is being tacked on. There's still a little bit of this facade visible.
We're back at The Queens because a couple of weeks ago our international cadre of WatDat specialists were flummoxed over the age of a coral-block wall along Punchbowl Street that was torn down during this phase of construction. The State Historic Preservation Division guessed that the wall dated to the 1960s, but were unable to prove its age or significance. It was just another familiar Honolulu landmark that vanished overnight.
Since then, we've gotten a number of notes saying the wall was older than believed. One guy even said he made a point of walking on top of it while hiking to school in the late '30s.
But elements of the wall may reappear. According to spokesfolks from The Queen's, the cut-coral blocks from the demolished wall were saved and will be recycled into a future construction project.
Burl Burlingame, Star-Bulletin
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Green Day refunds given
The Green Day concert scheduled for March 25 at Andrews Amphitheater has been cancelled.Ticket holders can get a refund at the location the ticket was purchased. Those who bought tickets at a Ticket Plus outlet or who charged their tickets by phone can get a refund by mailing their tickets to: Ticket Plus, P.O. Box 653, Honolulu, HI 96809. Be sure to include your name, phone number and address.
Pooch fashion beyond fur
First there was Woodstock. Now there's Woofstock.The annual spring fund raiser for the Hawaiian Humane Society will take place April 7 at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel's Monarch Room, complete with a fashion show coordinated by Purr-fect Paws boutique, complete with tie-dye and leather wear.
The event will be begin at 6 p.m. and will feature cocktails, dinner, dancing, and silent and live auctions for treasures ranging from vacations to vintage love beads.
Tickets are $150 per person or $1,500 for tables of 10. Funds support services and programs such as animal adoptions, humane education, spaying and neutering, and a shelter for lost or homeless animals.
For reservations, call the Humane Society at 946-2187 ext. 213.
Date added for Krall
A third concert has been added for Grammy Award-winning jazz vocalist Diana Krall, who was scheduled to perform with the Honolulu Symphony April 13 and 14. The third concert will be held at 4 p.m. April 15. All shows will be at the Blaisdell Concert Hall.Tickets are $15 to $55 at the Blaisdell box office, Ticket Plus and military ticket outlets, or buy them online at www.honolulusymphony.com. Charge by phone at 792-2000.
'Ladies Night' at LCC
Tau Dance Theatre opens its 5th season with an evening of music and dance by women. "Ladies Night Out" takes place 8 p.m. March 30 and 31 at Leeward Community College Theatre.Featured, under the direction of artistic director Peter Rockford Espiritu and associate artistic director Rachel Berman, will be the women of Tau Dance Theatre -- Kanako Imayoshi, Ann Smith, Dianna Luster, Annie Belati, Cora Yamagata and Eve Walstrum -- performing world premiere works choreographed by Berman, Marie Takazawa, Betsy Fisher and Esther Izuo.
Special guests include Halau O Kekuhi and the daughters of Edith Kanaka'ole, kumu hula Pualani Kanaka'ole Kanahele and Nalani Kanaka'ole; the Pua Melia Trio, the women of Kenny Endo's Taiko of the Pacific, Lori Ohtani's Tangentz butoh group and Sing Sing Bliss who will perform traditional Chinese dance.
Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students, seniors and active military, available at the LCC box office. Call 455-0385 for more information.
Haleakala lottery set
The Haleakala National Park and Hawai'i Natural History Association is sponsoring a three-day guided backpack trip at HaleakalÅ National Park, with accommodations in the park's cabins April 13 to 15, for 12 lucky lottery winners.The hike begins at the Sliding Sands trailhead at the 9,470-foot elevation, and ends at KaupØ on Maui's South Shore. The hike offers a rare opportunity to hike with the park's staff and learn about the area's ecosystem in exchange for a few hours of work on a service project.
To enter the lottery, send a postcard with your name, day and evening phone number, address and number of people in your party (one or two), to: KaupØ Service Project, HaleakalÅ National Park, P.O. Box 369, Makawao, HI 96768.
Only one entry per party. No phone or fax entries will be accepted. The lottery will take place March 23. There is a $15 fee payable by credit card after winning the lottery.
For more information, call Kiera Strohm-Herman at 1-(808)-572-4459.
Radio Log
KONG 570-AM / 93.5 FM: Adult contemporary rock with some Hawaiian music
KSSK 590-AM / 92.3-FM: Adult contemporary music
KHNR 650-AM: CNN news, sports
KQMQ 93.1-FM: The Q, '80s and '90s hits
KQMQ 690-AM: Radio Disney
KGU 760-AM: Talk, news, sports
KHVH 830-AM: News, talk, traffic, weather
KAIM 870-AM / 95.5-FM: Christian radio
KJPN 940-AM: Japanese-language shows
KHBZ 990-AM: Business talk radio
KLHT 1040-AM: Christian radio
KWAI 1080-AM: Talk radio
KZOO 1210-AM: Japanese-language shows
KNDI 1270-AM: Live news from the Philippines; programs in 10 languages
KIFO 1380-AM: News, public affairs
KCCN 1420-AM / 100.3-FM: All talk / UH sports AM; contemporary island hits, FM
KUMU 1500-AM / 94.7-FM: Adult standards, AM; light rock, FM
KHPR 88.1-FM: Classical, news, public affairs
KIPO 89.3-FM: Jazz, classical, news
KTUH 90.3-FM: Jazz, blues, Hawaiian, rock, country and alternative
KKUA 90.7-FM: Classical, news, public affairs
KKCR 90.9 / 91.9-FM: Hawaiian music, midnight-3 p.m.; and rock, reggae, classical and new age
KIKI 93.9-FM: Contemporary hits
KRTR 96.3-FM: Adult contemporary; news
KPOI 97.5-FM: Modern rock
KDNN 98.5-FM: Contemporary Hawaiian
KORL 99.5-FM: Adult contemporary
STAR 101.9-FM: Modern hits
KKHN 102.7-FM: "Da Bomb" top 40 hits
KXME 104.3-FM: Top 40
KINE 105.1-FM: Hawaiian
LAVA ROCK 105.9 FM: Alternative rock
KGMZ 107.9-FM: Oldies
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