“Kapahulu, just mauka of Waikiki, has its feet in two eras: the 1920′s to 1930′s and the 1990′s. Residential Kapahulu is replete with prefabricated homes ordered from catalogues and shipped from the mainland decades ago for as little as $700. Today its commercial area, Kapahulu Avenue, is up-and-coming, lined with small, quirky businesses.” full article
Wow, half the shops mentioned in this 1993 New York Times article were replaced with new. On-On Chinese Restaurant is still here. Java Java is gone. Starbucks and Seattle Best are it’s replacement. Na Lima Mili Hulu No’eau, a Hawaiian feather craft store run by Mary Lou Kekuewa, her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Paulette Kahalepuna is still here. Gone are the Lizard Loft with its nightly mix “entertainment of music, poetry, dramatic readings and experimental theater” and Hawaii Nostalgia, an antique memorabilia store is gone.
New York Times on our “real” Kapahulu neighborhood
Feathers reflect a life’s work
