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The Conversation: Friday, September 1st, 2017
Adele Balderston is a place-based storyteller from Kailua who is telling the rapidly changing story of Kaka'ako.
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SEPTEMBER 1, 2017 · By Noe Tanigawa
AUGUST 25, 2017 · TGIF
Walking tours share history of Kakaako
Kakaako has changed so much in recent years that it’s difficult to remember what was once there. Adele Balderston is trying to refresh old memories and generate new ones with walking-tour service 88 Block Walks...
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Walking in the past to understand the present: Adele Balderston’s 88 Block Walks
In 2014, when Kaka‘ako was on the verge of becoming a major construction site and a cluster of great, temporary places like Taste, Cocina and R/D served as developers’ cultural bait to an area with little human traffic and lots of free parking, Adele Balderston launched 88 Block Walks...
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JULY 31, 2017 · By Lesa Griffith
OCTOBER 17, 2016 · By Noelle Fujii
The History Of Kaka'ako, Told In Student Essays From Decades Ago
Almost a century ago, Kakaako, with its dusty streets and dilapidated houses, seemed to be asleep, just awakening to the fact that business was encroaching on its boundaries
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SEPTEMBER 14, 2015 · By Christina O'Connor
AUGUST 12, 2015 · By Molly Solomon
Walking Tour Uses Voices of Kaka'ako to Rediscover Past
Kaka‘ako is a neighborhood in transition, but not for the first time. A different kind of walking tour highlights the sights and sounds of an older Kaka‘ako.
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