The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-03-19

ltbI 10 merchants ana 10 JOCKS, par ]
ring only the wharf of the Oceanic /
Steamship Company, as is the present .
location.
The development recommended for |
these centers of activity, though so .
marked as to be almost radical is I
sorely needed at each point and at .
each point is made, as / believe, with I.
due respect for the past and for Ho- 4.
nolulu traditions and to the ompha- /
sizing rather than to the jeopardizing /.
Of the city's charm
3. THE PARKS
l shall consider the parks before
drives and boulcvards, be-
cause the purpose of the latter is
mainly to connect and give access to
the public reservations.
Parks are of many different kinds,
having different purposes and we'll
developed city can no more get along
with one kind of park than with one
kind of street. There should be the
public pleasure grounds, the SCENE
reservations for the contemplation of
natue, where games and sports would
be out of place; the ornamental
squares, the Fairgrounds for children
the public gardens that are like GASES
in crowded parts of the community
a. KAPIOLANI.
In Honolulu the principal park is
Kapiolani. 1t is situated on a sandy
plain, and in this city of views is it
self without one, save as now and then
there is a vista of Diamond Head, or
of more distant hills. Yet the custom
of years has given to Kapiolani Park
a hold on the peoples affection-bar-
rem or repulsive as much of it is.
\ suggestion for ideal development
here would doubtless require lovely
lawns and flower gardens, where this
work has been stated; a jungle of
topical bloom along the lagoons, such
as has been developed out of similar
conditions of soil and climate on
neighbUring private grounds and such
as travellers expect to find here cool
drives under arches of the overhanging
algaroba, and in the center attractive
play fields. But to obtain these de-
sirable results there would be need to
eXpend a great deal of money. Indeed,
the condition is to be frankly faced
at once: Kapiolani Park needs, from
some source or other a large appro-
priation for improvement, and if it
is to be made an ornamental, show
park it requires a very large one.
My suggestions for immediate work
at haplolanl are as follows: Fill up
all but the main lagoon. Laid out on
perfectly straight lines, the lagoons
are more like canals than natural
waterways and have no attractiveness
IN themselves. with the water in them
foul and stagnant. they are something
less than unattractiVe and the park
should be freed of them. on the water
borders OF the lagoon remaining put
in some clusters of bamboo and PAM
pas grass and carry on the shore
planting to soften the lines, to give
more natural look to the stream and
to take away the aspect of ditch.
screen the barns and various service
buildings with nigh hibiscus hedge.
Extend by further planting of alga-
robas the arched drive, now in $50
lated sections charming feature on
the park so that it may b. continu'
Gus. Acquire, if practicable, the OIL
gar"oa grove lying nearest the sea be-
tween the park and Diamond Head,
ana ada 1t to the park, Everywhere
open Vlstas through the trees, so that
II may be possible to look across park
meadows to get an idea of the parks
extent ana to bring into it as one of
It's chlei charms views of the rugged
grandeur OF Diamond Head and of the
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