When Waikiki is done, Hawaii is done -
"For Downing, this so-called Queen’s Beach project — in which multiple entities clung to the status quo instead of looking at the bigger picture — is the kind of business-as-usual, quick-fix solution he believes is all too common in Hawaii and that has left the entire stretch of Waikiki Beach pockmarked with crumbling pieces of groins, walls, semi-exposed drainage pipes, century-old foundations and useless stairs — all eyesores on this once untouched land. “Nothing ever gets removed, and there’s no long-term vision,” he says. “We’ve got to start doing things differently.”
I told you it was ugly -
The fat German haole lady has the best ideas how to fix the disaster that is Waikiki.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/01/28/waikiki-hawaii-beach-climate-change-525266