Just about everything in your life—food, cars, building materials—comes to Hawaii via the waterfront. We went inside the world of the longshoremen, who load and unload all that cargo, and found that centuries of muscle and sweat have given way to skilled labor and powerful machines. Story by DENNIS HOLLIER Photos by LUCY PEMONI Nate…
Category: Honolulu Magazine
Community: A Matter of Trust
Can community land trusts provide affordable housing? Maui is set to find out. DENNIS HOLLIER Maui may be the center of Hawai‘i’s crisis in affordable housing. With the average home price approaching $700,000, working families there are increasingly excluded from home ownership. And Maui is only the worst example. Affordable housing is in short supply…
Waimea Redux
Gary Gill has big plans for the future of Waimea valley. He just doesn’t know exactly what they are yet. It’s not surprising. As executive director of Hiipaka, the nonprofit created by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to manage the park, he just took charge of the valley on Feb. 1. It’s been a mad…
State Parks for Rent?
As the state moves toward public/private partnerships, Malaekahana will serve as a test. DENNIS HOLLIER The cabins at Malaekahana state Recreation Area in La‘ie are in shambles. The roofs sag, the galvanized plumbing is crumbling and the siding is peeling away. Built in the 1930s, many of the buildings look like they’re one good storm…
Cutting School
A humble Chinatown institution incubates much of Hawaii’s hair-styling talent. By DENNIS HOLLIER, PHOTOGRAPHY BY SERGIO GOES Leo Williams has probably had his fingers in your hair. At least vicariously. As the owner and director of the Hawaii Institute of Hair Design, Williams has trained perhaps 80 percent of the barbers and hairstylists in Hawaii….
Kailua Memories
A look back at some of Kailua’s most evocative places. BY DENNIS HOLLIER Some of the images featured in this article will be in a forthcoming book on Kailua, published by the Kailua Historical Society. Special thanks to Barbara Pope Book Design. The view from Alala point towards Lanikai, circa late 1920s or 1930s. PHOTO…
At Work on the Bay
DENNIS HOLLIER, PHOTOGRAPHY BY KARIN KOVALSKY The Nisei It’s still well before dawn, and the crew of the Nisei sit quietly in their skiff, killing time. Bowed by the weight of the tide, 150 feet of fine-gauge net stretches from the stern to shore, its end tended by a crewman on the jetty. Another 150…