The Hilo Armory, dating from 1931, is the home of the Hawaii County Parks and Recreation department. Their budget doesn’t appear to include funds for paint!
This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Urban sights.’ See more responses here.
I went to Hilo recently, intending to spend time wandering around the downtown and taking photos. Hilo is the largest town on the island. Naturally, I got distracted on the way, arrived later than intended, and ended up with just a short visit. But while I was there I took these photos.
The Palace Theater has been around since 1925 and is used for movies, stage shows, and concerts. More information here.The Hilo Bay Hostel building dates back to 1912.The Wailuku River marks the north end of downtown Hilo. The Puueo Street Bridge is the middle one of three bridges crossing the river near downtown area. This view is out towards the ocean.
Enjoyed your photos. I think those of us on the mainland forget that Hawaii faces many of the same things every else does, it’s just more tropical. When I was on Oahu, that was my thought…well, there are homeless, dirty parts of the cities, etc…and also much beauty…which I find here at home as well.
Indeed. Many people think of Hawaii as paradise, but it’s got problems like everywhere else. At least here, we get to work on those things in warm sunshine much of the time!
I LOVE Hilo, Graham. It has that old world charm of Hawaii in the 50s (to me) and is such a chill city. People were friendly there too and you meet more locals than tourists. Great shots of the bustling downtown 😉 My idea of “urban” was Waikiki, which I’m sure you will see soon 🙂
I like Hilo too, though I confess it felt a bit more run down than charming on this last visit. There were a lot of empty shops and many homeless people in front of the shops, empty or not.
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Enjoyed your photos. I think those of us on the mainland forget that Hawaii faces many of the same things every else does, it’s just more tropical. When I was on Oahu, that was my thought…well, there are homeless, dirty parts of the cities, etc…and also much beauty…which I find here at home as well.
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Indeed. Many people think of Hawaii as paradise, but it’s got problems like everywhere else. At least here, we get to work on those things in warm sunshine much of the time!
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Haha! That’s true!
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Looks like a charming, historic town, although a paint job would definitely spruce up the armory. 🙂
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A paint job would help quite a bit of the downtown actually!
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A nice looking town Graham. Maybe they can’t get the Heritage paint colour any more 😂
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I suppose with a building like that there are requirements when it comes to painting, but leave it too long and it won’t need paint, just a bulldozer!
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The developers system of property maintenance 🙄
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I love the size of your urban! And the generation of the buildings!
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Thanks Bernie. Hilo has a lot of history going for it.
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You did a good job of capturing urban things in a short time.
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Thanks Karen. There were a lot of options in a relatively small area.
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I LOVE Hilo, Graham. It has that old world charm of Hawaii in the 50s (to me) and is such a chill city. People were friendly there too and you meet more locals than tourists. Great shots of the bustling downtown 😉 My idea of “urban” was Waikiki, which I’m sure you will see soon 🙂
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I like Hilo too, though I confess it felt a bit more run down than charming on this last visit. There were a lot of empty shops and many homeless people in front of the shops, empty or not.
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Oh that’s sad. The pandemic was hard on everyone.
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Indeed, and there’s a dearth of affordable housing on the island, which is not going away any time soon.
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