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TOURISTS VIEW WAIMEA CANYON

HAWAII-KAI, BUILT ON A SWAMP AND A HILLSIDE, IS A FAST-GROWING AREA EAST OF DOWNTOWN HONOLULU. SCARCITY OF LAND AND SKYROCKETING COSTS ARE FAVORING CONSTRUCTION OF TOWN HOUSES AND HIGH-RISE APARTMENTS OVER THE ONCE DOMINANT SINGLE-FAMILY UNITS

CLOSED-OFF AREA EARMARKED FOR DEVELOPMENT. THE LAND USE COMMISSION HAS RECENTLY AWARDED DEVELOPERS A SPECIAL PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT A 350-ROOM HOTEL AND A 74-UNIT CONDOMINIUM ON THIS TRACT NEAR KALAPANA. PROPONENTS CLAIM THAT THIS WILL CREATE 500 NEEDED JOBS IN AN ECONOMICALLY DEPRESSED AREA

MAIN STREET OF KAUNAKAKAI, MOLOKAI'S PRINCIPAL TOWN, ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON

MOST RECENT AND MOST CONTROVERSIAL LAND SPECULATION IN HAWAII CENTERS ON THIS AREA NEAR KAMUELA. LAND USE COMMISSION STAFF RECOMMENDED TOTAL DENIAL OF DEVELOPERS' PETITION FOR REZONING. THE COMMISSION, HOWEVER, PERMITTED 3,414 ACRES OF THE 5,000 REQUESTED TO PASS OVER TO URBAN USE. SINCE THEN, 900 LOTS HAVE BEEN SOLD BUT LITTLE BUILDING HAS BEEN DONE, LEAVING AN EMPTY SUBDIVISION TO BE PROTECTED BY COUNTY SERVICES

H-1 FREEWAY, LIKE ALL HAWAII'S HIGHWAYS, IS VIRTUALLY FREE OF BILLBOARDS

KOKO HEAD PARK IN THE HANAUMA BAY MARINE LIFE CONSERVATION DISTRICT IS A POPULAR SNORKELING AND SKIN DIVING SPOT. ALL MARINE LIFE IS PROTECTED HERE

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MOST RECENT AND MOST CONTROVERSIAL LAND SPECULATION IN HAWAII CENTERS ON THIS AREA NEAR KAMUELA

MASSED HIGHRISES OF WAIKIKI DISTRICT, FAVORITE OF TOURISTS SEEN FROM TOP OF DIAMOND HEAD, THE FAMOUS EXTINCT VOLCANO. THE WAIKIKI IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION HAS FORMED AN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN REVIEW BOARD TO OVERSEE SUCH BUILDING, BUT IT IS PROBABLY TOO LATE. IN 1963 THERE WERE 9,203 HOTEL ROOMS IN ALL OF OAHU ISLAND. TODAY THERE ARE SOME 26,000 ROOMS, MOST OF THEM HERE IN WAIKIKI

SIGN SOUTH OF HANA

NEW HIGHWAY, UNDER CONSTRUCTION NORTH OF KAILUA ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE ISLAND, PRESAGES ZONING CHANGES FROM AGRICULTURAL AND CONSERVATION USE TO URBAN DEVELOPMENT