Friday, March 19, 2010

Morning Downtown

Aloha, Friend!
It's
Friday.

Let's take an early morning walk
through downtown Honolulu

Click da pics!
I love our older buildings.
They are reminiscent of the monarchy era,
of territorial days,
and the early statehood days of the 60's. . .




"I have an affection for a great city.
I feel safe in the neighbourhood of man,
and enjoy the sweet security of the streets."

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow





There are sweet touches everywhere.
Of course my beloved Chinatown (just a few blocks away)
is a different world that we've visited before.
Today I have an errand in the business district.



"The city is what it is
because our citizens are
what they are."

Plato


The spiral is EVERYWHERE!

See the 3 news boxes?
The WEEKLY is an indispensable "alternative" to the two major dailies.
It seems that we will lose one of the majors very soon
and become a one-newspaper town
like many other American cities.




Sleepy Fort Street Mall
where homeless mix with college students and business people. . .

"Clearly, then, the city is not a concrete jungle,
it is a human zoo."
Desmond Morris, The Human Zoo


First Hawaiian Bank's modern tower,
with 70's cement to the right
.



"Towered cities please us then,
And the busy hum of men."
John Milton


ALOHA! cloudia