Honolulu Civil Beat | Kalama Beach Park historic building in disrepair: Hawaii News Now Sunrise @civilbeat | Uploaded March 2024 | Updated October 2024, 4 hours ago.
An iconic Kailua building at a popular beach park has fallen into disrepair, and locals are trying to step up to chart a new course, as Reporter Kirstin Downey told Hawaii News Now Sunrise.
They’re raising tough questions about what they say is the city’s mismanagement of the Boettcher Estate at Kalama Beach Park, which is a national historic landmark.
“It looks awful,” said Diane Harding, president of Outdoor Circle’s statewide organization, who lives nearby. “It’s embarrassing. It’s not being taken care of at all. There’s no maintenance. The city doesn’t have the staff or the willpower.”
💬 Comment below: Do you frequent Kalama Beach Park? Would you like to see the estate have a second life?
Read the story: civilbeat.org/2024/03/kailua-residents-decry-sad-state-of-historic-city-owned-estate
An iconic Kailua building at a popular beach park has fallen into disrepair, and locals are trying to step up to chart a new course, as Reporter Kirstin Downey told Hawaii News Now Sunrise.
They’re raising tough questions about what they say is the city’s mismanagement of the Boettcher Estate at Kalama Beach Park, which is a national historic landmark.
“It looks awful,” said Diane Harding, president of Outdoor Circle’s statewide organization, who lives nearby. “It’s embarrassing. It’s not being taken care of at all. There’s no maintenance. The city doesn’t have the staff or the willpower.”
💬 Comment below: Do you frequent Kalama Beach Park? Would you like to see the estate have a second life?
Read the story: civilbeat.org/2024/03/kailua-residents-decry-sad-state-of-historic-city-owned-estate
