The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-03-22
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HE DESCRIBES OUGHT TO


of the Ptnkham reclamation plan. a
boulevard to Kapiolani Park that
would have been v,ry stunning with
Diamond Head closing its vista at one
end and Punchbowl closing it at the
other. Kalakaua avenue, however, is
a condition that must now be reck-
Oned with, and it much needs att n
tion. With the car track at the side
and for considerable distances views
of one or other crater, 1 do not favor
the center parking, though ordinarily
this is the best parkway treatment
The road has been widened theoreti-
cally to one hundred feet, and the
Rapid Transit Copany has a right
to lay a double track. The outside
track is in place and occasional
switches are on the strip that eventu-
ally win be covered by the second
track. All the rest of the boulevard
is glaring expense of dust.
Accepting the location of the track
as a fixed condition, my recomm, ndl-
ton is as follows: Mauka, from lot
to sidewalk, turf two feet Sidewalk,
six feet Curbline to outside rail- in
order to allow car step, 80 feet
inches, in turf. Track and right of
way space 20 feet, six inches. Park
ing, eight feet, three inches Then
would come the road, or drive, forty
five feet which is good boulevard
width with the car tracks out of the
way. Makai, parking seven feet.
Walk, six feet. Walk line to lot line,
in turf, two feet. The planting should
follow the plan originated on Beacon
Boulevard in Boston, and now widely
followed. That is the effort should
be to plant out" the car line. From
mauka curb to line of roadway the
whole space-between the rails be-
tween the tracks. and all-should be
planted with grass. On the strip of
parking between the inside track and
the roadway there should be shrubs
and at intervals trees. The effect will
be to put the cars into a long. mar
row park all the time they are on Ka-
lakaua avenue, extending the effect
now secured in front of Kapiolani
Park, deadening the noise of the cars,
eliminating the dust, and adding i'm
mensely to the pleasure of the trip for
car passengers. Further practical ad
vantages arising from this method of
development are that, by using a troll
ley sprinkler the strip can be kept
watered easily and ineXpensively; and
that the second track can be omitted
or added without injuring the effect.
Makai, the strip of parking between
curb and roadway must be similarly
developed, with turf and shrubs and
trees, so as to correspond with the
other side while an incidental gain
here will be the separation of the walk
from the grade and dust of the road.
Taking the boulevard as a whole, with
this continuous garden on either side
and the tracks out of the way, it will
be a delightful appropriate and thor
oughly adequately and creditable pro-
menade and drive.
OF the avenues extension to Bere-
tania street, | have already spoken
Whether it starts there or at King
street, the point should be httngly
marked as the beginning of the boule-
ward My suggestion would be a high
trellis, placed at right angles to the
street axis, on each side of the road
and its planting with a luXuriant
Towering vine-as the bougainvillea-
that one may seem to enter it through
a floral gateway. If the King street
terminus be retained and it prove i'm
possible to remove the signs that now
make hideous the vista and cheaper
the structure that they cover, the
vines might well be carried over the
roadway on an arch, so screening the
building.
l have spoken of the Beach road
III,
fractions of this as a scenic drive do
not seem to be half appreciated. 1
would urge its development. 1t is now
a direct line, as well as a beautiful
way and one without car tracks, from
the business and westside districts to
Waikiki. With half the attention put
upon Kalakaua it ought soon to be
the popular way. The development of
your waterfront entrance, the close
connection with the remodeled Union
Square, and the creation of waterside
parks at favorable points along the
Beach road, make it-with it's own
beauty of scenery-the ideal park
connection with the city when it shall
be property extended to reach Kala-
kaua avenue. l recommend that it be
palms, which would thrive in the
sandy soil, which would preserve the
views of mountain and sea, and give
to it a unique value while adding
immensely to the picturesqueness and
tropical attraction of the city's water
front. Nothing could be finer than
this road, following the long curves
of the beach, when planted on each
side with cOcoanuts. What 1 have
said in favor of planting out the car
tracks on Kalakaua avenue, applies
equally will to other wide strests,
where the track is at the side. For
Waialae road especially l urge it, as
this with its improvement becomes a
link in the chain of boulevard and
parkway connections. 1t is worth
while to arrange these in order
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