Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-01-15

Each one sacrifices the city 10 his in
diyidual selfish desires. city planning
protests and seeks to remedy all these
faults, seeks to remedy uglineSs, dis
comfort, disease and dirt City plan
ming is city building American cities
take no thought Of the use of the wa
terfr0nt for beauty and for recreation
One can turn to the Charles river ba
sn between Boston and Cambridge as
alnicst the only instance in America
where we find an example Of intelli
| gent city planning of inland waters,
! Tor years, We have talked over plans
for our waterfront and it has all
been cheap talk because ii has never
amounted to anything What is the
most important work for the Outdoor
Circle to push this year? Is it an inn
proved waterfront with a driveway
along the ocean, the Ala Moana?, Shall
we try once more to make an ocean
driveway that will stretch from the
wharves to Waikiki? IL.
Europe's Example u. .:... ~ IL.
IN Europe there are many instances
of the charm and beauty resulting
frontage is of priceless value, wher-
ever found, and in Europe is always
taken advantage of and improved.
Take the fresh water lake in the
heart of Hamburg, the Alster. How
life centers. about it, 1t has been i'm
proved, every feature taken advantage
Of. Private gardens face the roadway
about its shores. In certain localities
cafes, restaurants, bathing establish.
ments, motor boat stations, all contrib
ute to make 1t social center for the
city and a charming spot always. So
it is in Bremen, in Dusseldorf, where
the cities have parked the meats that
surround the old town and have made
wonderfully charming recreation
grounds The water approaches to
American cities are generally disgrace
fully neglected spotsI What is the ap-
proach to New York City, San Fran.
cisco, Honolulu? Think of the long
ugly stretches of wharyes with miles
of billboards to offset the baroness.
This week, the Outdoor Circle is
planting coconuts on the waterfront,
Something we are very proud to &C
complish. Three years ago we began
the agitation for this planting along
the wharves and only just now has per-
mission been granted for the planting.
All things come to him who waits
and works.
THE attitude of the mind of the
European businessman is generally
very different from that of the Ameri-
can along this line of civic thought.
Abroad the city spends generously for
good roads and their upkeep. Beauty
is treated as something to be desired
and obtained, not to be laughed at, and
the European spends generously for
his gardens, art galleries, bridges, tree
planting. Paris pays s25 for each tree
planted on her beautiful iboulevards,
that includes the guard and upkeep
until the tree is established They do
not question the use of money for
fountains, statuary, clock towers, bill.
board kiosks. You will notice | put
good roads at the head of this list OF
must HAYES and we, a body of over
four hundred women, can do much
in creating sentiment in this COM
munity, demanding good roads
THE opportunity has come. Homo
lulu may have civic center and one
which will satisfy us, but every men,
Der of this circle must boost Create
a lively interest for it. This will GER
tainly help bring it about. Governor
Pinkham is keenly alive to the pos.
sibilities of this feature and he has
asked the Outdoor Circle to help him
Let us work for a splendid civic cen:
ter .
New Theater Needed? -.
In gaining the civic center, how
ever. We lose our only theater. Where
shall new theater be built? Who
will build it? VIII he build a theateT
suitable to this climate with great
open spaces for ventilation. Will he
bring in some of the beautiful features
of the European theaters-with fine
approach, a broad generous entrance
and foyer. Such architectural fea
lures are certainly more desirable
than elaborate decorations in the audi
torium. .~... - .@..:... r.
If Honolulu Is ever to find itself
so far as gardens go, it is not in the
great estates like Moanalua and others
planned by trained landscape garden
ers but it is through the development
of the home gardens. born of individu-
al tastes and desires of the average
citizen. England is one great garden
md so Honolulu should be- But al