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	First Hawaiian Center - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		First Hawaiian Center is the tallest building in the City and County of Honolulu and the State of Hawaii.
		First Hawaiian Center features the 24,000 square feet (2,200 m²) of open plaza, park space and waterways in the middle of downtown Honolulu's financial district cityscape of towering commercial buildings and congested streets.
		First Hawaiian Center planning was met with controversy as Hawaii residents became concerned about the effect skyscrapers would have on the natural beauty of the Hawaiian landscape.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/First_Hawaiian_Center (442 words)

	Hawaii Pacific University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hawai‘i Pacific University (also known as HPU) is a private coeducational university in Honolulu, Hawaii, founded in 1965 as Hawaii Pacific College by Paul C.T. Loo, Eureka Forbes, Elizabeth W. Kellerman, and Reverend Edmond Walker.
		In September of 1966, Honolulu Christian College merged into Hawai'i Pacific College, and a new charter was granted by the state of Hawai'i.
		Hawai`i Pacific University's first venture into intercollegiate athletics came with the formation of the men's basketball team.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hawaii_Pacific_University (983 words)

	First Hawaiian Bank: Hawaii/Guam — Timeline of FHB
		Its successor, First Hawaiian Bank, today is the second oldest bank west of the Rockies.
		First Hawaiian Center, Hawaii's tallest building (428 feet, 11 inches), also houses a downtown gallery of the Contemporary Museum, mixing modern art with the central banking floor.
		BancWest (parent company of First Hawaiian Bank and Bank of the West) is headquartered in Honolulu, with an administrative headquarters in San Francisco.
	www.fhb.com /about-timeline.htm (1314 words)

	Building Industry
		Sheraton Waikiki Hotel — When first built, the Sheraton Waikiki was one of the largest resort hotels in Waikiki, with 1.3 million square feet of floor area, 1,800 guest rooms, and a convention center that accommodates 3,500.
		The first tower, now known as the Alii Tower, was completed in 1957, followed by the Village Tower (now, Tapa Tower), Diamond Head Tower, Hilton Lagoon Apartments, Rainbow Tower, a Mid-Pacific Conference Center and Rainbow Bazaar retail complex.
		First Hawaiian Center — The state's tallest building was dedicated in October 1996.
	www.buildingindustryhawaii.com /deepfreeze/bi054/054f_hawaiis_top50.asp (2063 words)

	Headlines/Breaking News from Pacific Business News (Honolulu) - bizjournals.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		First Hawaiian Bank is opening its first branch in Saipan Dec. 15.
		First Hawaiian Bank agreed today to acquire the accounts of the Hawaii office of BA Investment Services Inc., a subsidiary of Bank of American NT&SA.
		Hawaiian Natural Water Co. has entered into a worldwide partnership with Mad Dogg Athletics and is now the official water of Spinning, its indoor cycling program.
	pacific.bizjournals.com /site_map/pacific_sitemap_11.html (10824 words)

	Lightfantastic Gallery :: Skyscrapers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The mural (on both sides of the tower) was at the time the world's tallest.
		The Tapa Tower at the Hilton Hawaiian Village.
		First Hawaiian Center, 999 Bishop Street, occupying a full downtown Honolulu block (bordered by Bishop, King, Merchant and Alakea streets).
	www.lightfantastic.org /gallery/skyscrapers (249 words)

	Florida athlete aims to join fiancé - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper
		Her first chance to do that will be on Sunday during the United States Olympic Team Trials Triathlon.
		It is the first time that an Olympic qualifying event is being staged in Hawai'i.
		First Hawaiian Tower: Honolulu Police officers vs. Hawai'i firefighters in race up staircase of tower, 651 steps.
	the.honoluluadvertiser.com /article/2004/Apr/12/sp/sp03a.html (915 words)

	ARAKAKI #2 (ARAKAKI V. LINGLE) Phase 2: 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Legal Documents and News Events February ...
		The transfer required the approval of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, because the Maui and Big Island properties are involved in a lawsuit brought by OHA against the state to stop ceded lands from being turned over to private developers.
		Defenders say Hawaiians are in the midst of a congressional push to be recognized as a political entity rather than a racial group, a process that, they said, should be allowed to run its course.
		While those opposed to Native Hawaiian programs may see the recent 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision regarding the Arakaki lawsuit as a victory, we at the Office of Hawaiian Affairs were actually pleased that the 9th Circuit denied the plaintiffs any standing regarding the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands or ceded-land revenues.
	www.angelfire.com /hi2/hawaiiansovereignty/arakaki2appeal9thcir.html (13412 words)

	First Hawaiian Center
		The tower is composed of two distinct forms, one which faces the sea and the other which faces the mountains, and a low podium containing a museum and a banking hall.
		This podium engages the tower with the urban context and shapes a series of gardens along the surrounding streets.
		The building’s fenestration codifies each of its major parts; horizontally louvered windows frame views of the sea and the horizon; vertically proportioned fenestration faces the mountains; by a great wall of prismatic-glass louvers dominate the podium.
	www.kpf.com /Projects/firsthawaiian.htm (213 words)

	Honolulu Star-Bulletin Local News
		The state agency that oversees the Aloha Tower Marketplace has given the project's lender another extension on its foreclosure complaint.
		The state Aloha Tower Development Corp.'s board of directors yesterday approved Mitsui Trust & Banking Co.'s request to delay until Dec. 3 its foreclosure proceedings against developer Aloha Tower Associates.
		First Hawaiian Tower, formerly known as Pan Pacific Plaza, is located at 1132 Bishop St. The building was the temporary headquarters of First Hawaiian Bank as it waited for the completion of the new First Hawaiian Center.
	starbulletin.com /96/11/01/business/bizbriefs.html (687 words)

	HawaiiStories: Cityscape
		The First Hawaiian Center is an easy favorite — and if you spend any time inside, you'll see even some of the small details add to its appeal.
		That First Hawaiian building looks an awful lot like the Flatiron Building on the intersection of Broadway, Fifth and 23rd Street in New York City.
		First on my ugly list would be the building I worked in for a year and half...the 677 Ala Moana (formerly Gold Bond) Building.
	www.hawaiistories.com /archives/004675.shtml (1427 words)

	O.B. Williams - First Hawaiian Center - Honolulu, Hawaii
		First Hawaiian Center is a 27-story landmark structure located in the heart of Honolulu's central business district.
		Completed in 1996 at a cost of $175 million, the building is considered by many to be the most prestigious business address in the state of Hawaii.
		Anigre paneling was provided for each of the elevator lobbies on the typical tower floors.
	obwilliams.com /gallery/showimg.php?pic=3 (160 words)

	Cultural History of Three Traditional Hawaiian Sites (Chapter 7) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Kamehameha first revealed his political ambitions shortly after this by offering up a human sacrifice — the leader of a failed uprising — usurping Kiwala'o's prerogative as designated future ruler.
		According to Hawaiian mythology, the original temple of Pu'ukohola was consecrated by the god Lono about 1580.
		Thus Kamehameha and the chiefs labored until the heiau was completed, with its fence of images (paehumu) and oracle tower (anu'unu'u), with all its walls outside and the hole for the bones of sacrifice.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/kona/history7a.htm (2258 words)

	Kaka'ako tower planned - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper
		The planned tower, on four acres at the corner of Ala Moana and Auahi Street, is the first significant advance to adding the missing piece of Victoria Ward's vision for transforming its 65-acre estate of mostly retail, office and industrial property into an urban village with a two-block main street adjoined by a residential community.
		The tower, if developed as planned, would add to what is evolving into a cluster of luxury high-rise condominiums on the block occupied by the blue-glass-sided Nauru and Hawaiki towers.
		Nauru Phosphate Royalties (Honolulu) Development Inc., which developed Nauru and Hawaiki towers, in March delayed for a year tentative plans to build a third high-end condo tower in the area because of financing problems in the Republic of Nauru.
	the.honoluluadvertiser.com /article/2002/May/15/bz/bz01a.html (678 words)

	Honolulu Star-Bulletin Business (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Built in 1992, First Hawaiian Tower has about 440,000 rentable square feet and is 65 percent leased.
		Although the project has lagged Honolulu's soft office market, Casey said the building will be able to generate attractive returns as the overall market recovers over the next three to five years.
		The tower served as temporary headquarters for First Hawaiian Bank while the company built its $175 million First Hawaiian Center on King and Bishop streets.
	starbulletin.com /98/11/12/business/story3.html (270 words)

	Hawaii's History in 1993 - Hawaii History - 1993
		Body of former Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos moved from a temporary crypt to a mausoleum at Valley of the Temples Memorial Park.
		U.S. Institute of Peace awards first Spark M. Matsunaga Medals of Peace ($25,000 each) to former Presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Regan.
		After decades of negotiations and false starts, Oahu's Kahana Valley becomes Hawaii's first living park when families in the valley sign houselot leases with the state.
	www.hawaiihistory.com /index.cfm?fuseaction=ig.page&year=1993 (460 words)

	Downturn? what a downturn.? \| Business (Regional) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		But from his vantage point on the 22nd floor of the First Hawaiian Tower in downtown Honolulu, R. Dwayne Steele has a different perspective.
		He joined Hawaiian Bitumuls and Paving Co. in 1957, and rose within the company's ranks from project engineer to general manager.
		He was first exposed to the language on the job.
	www.allbusiness.com /periodicals/article/688832-1.html (692 words)

	The H4 Hawai`i Times - News with Ryan Ozawa! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Officials with GTE Hawaiian Tel said the rain has flooded several underground cables, and said it may be up to a week before service is restored.
		HAWAIIAN students should not have to pay to attend the University of Hawai`i, according to a student group at the school's Manoa campus.
		AFTER the $85-million First Hawaiian Tower is auctioned off Dec. 17, creditors will still not fully recover the $110 million owed after its developer, Bishop Street Associates, declared bankruptcy in 1993.
	www.hotspotshawaii.com /H4archs/newsl.txt (19791 words)

	Los Angeles Philharmonic Association - Press Release: DESTINATION HAWAII BRINGS ISLAND PARADISE TO THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL ...
		With 20 Hawaiian music awards, consistent ranking on Billboard's World and Heatseeker charts, and more than one million albums sold in Hawaii alone, Reichel is also the best-selling Hawaiian singer/songwriter/musician in history.
		With 15 CDs and 22 Hawaiian music awards to its credit, Na Leo is the best-selling female Hawaiian group of all time; this landmark concert marks their Hollywood Bowl debut.
		He was one of the founding directors for Punana Leo O Maui, Maui's first Hawaiian language school, and has taught Hawaiian culture and language at Maui Community College.
	www.laphil.com /press/press_detail.cfm?id=1566&ps=1 (1065 words)

	Pedigree portfolio: the First Hawaiian Tower on Bishop Street is home to a newly assembled team of world-class ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Pedigree portfolio: the First Hawaiian Tower on Bishop Street is home to a newly assembled team of world-class investment brokers.
		The dust settled after a spirited bidding process and a local institution, First Hawaiian Bank, emerged as the victor.
		"Pedigree portfolio: the First Hawaiian Tower on Bishop Street is home to a newly assembled team of world-class investment brokers." is an article from the Business (Regional) category.
	www.allbusiness.com /periodicals/article/504867-1.html (758 words)

	SPEEDHAWAII.COM - THE SOURCE FOR HAWAII'S STREET SCENE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		But there is another side of WMR that takes time to reveal itself, there is an ugly head that will rear itself if given time and we were warned in the past about it.
		Several things have been taking place, while I am exercising my First Amendment I am not going to slander on personal lives of staff, but on the way they treat their customers.
		My hanai brother went into WMR during the first week of December 2000 to buy some taillights and clear corners for his truck, I went in with him to allow the staff of WMR, whom I thought were friends, to meet him and possibly give him a great deal.
	www.streetracing.org /article/shops/wmr (1291 words)

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		Putting the customer first has long been a defining trait of successful companies, and I'm proud of the progress we've made toward making it the norm in government as well.
		If you applied for a charge account with the merchant at the same time that you placed your order, the company has an extra 20 days to ship the merchandise to allow time for your application to be processed.
		If you are contacted by a debt collector, you have a right to a written notice, sent within 5 days after you are first contacted, telling you the amount owed, the name of the creditor, and what action to take if you believe you don't owe the money.
	permanent.access.gpo.gov /lps23/crh.txt (18552 words)

	HawaiiThreads.com - Ugliest Building in Honolulu?
		I actually like the First Hawaiian Tower, though I know I'm in the minority.
		ANY vestige of the past we must hang onto, lest the developers claim the discarding or even underappreciation of the old style is another justification for the destruction and overdevelopment of our Honolulu...
		I'd like to add the Waikiki Twin Towers, although they have that "look" that most tall buildings built in the late 60s, early 70s have.
	www.hawaiithreads.com /showthread.php?t=4749 (2166 words)

	Sources of Hawaiian Music
		They are very knowledgable in Hawaiian Music and provide excellent answers to your Hawaiian Music questions.
		Hawaiian CD's not listed online can be requested through the online request form.
		Tower Records Mail Order Dept in Honolulu can be reached by phone at 808-941-7774 or by fax at 808-942-1583.
	www.hawaii-music.com /sources.shtml (693 words)

	Pointing the Finger at WorldPoint! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The state is suing one of Hawaii's former high-tech star companies over an outstanding $810,000 government loan and is seeking to foreclose on the Oahu properties of the firm's founders.
		The lawsuit, filed yesterday in First Circuit Court, is over a 1995 loan of $580,000 to WorldPoint Interactive Inc. under the Hawaii Capital Loan Program, which seeks to help businesses having trouble finding capital.
		WorldPoint's first phase of funding, worth nearly $13 million, came from private investors, directors, officers and employees.
	www.the-catbird-seat.net /Worldpoint.htm (3666 words)

	Eruptions of Hawaiian Volcanoes [USGS] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		He went as a member of the scientific expedition sent to study the catastrophic eruption of Mont Pelee that year, which devastated the city of St. Pierre and killed about 30,000 people.
		The logo of the HVRA included the motto Ne plus haustae aut obrutae urbes (No more shall the cities be destroyed), reflecting Jaggar's memory of Mont Pelee's destructive force and his optimistic belief that better understanding of volcanoes could reduce the hazard to life and property from eruptions.
		In 1912, with support from the HVRA and the Whitney Fund of MIT, Jaggar established the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) to study the activity of Mauna Loa and Kilauea Volcanoes on a permanent, scientific basis.
	pubs.usgs.gov /gip/hawaii/page16.html (300 words)

	First Hawaiian Center, Honolulu
		It was changed to 400 feet but city council voted to approve this strikingly designed tower to exceed the limit by exactly 28 ft-11 1/2 in.
		According to KPF, subdividing the tower into distinctive slabs diminishes the building's apparent mass.
		The Contemporary Arts Museum in First Hawaiian Center has a light and airy 60-foot high vaulted atrium.
	www.emporis.com /en/wm/bu/?id=128723 (194 words)

	Island Scene Online
		According to Vicky Cayetano, that's what it takes to be the mother of two school-aged children, CEO of a successful business and the first lady of Hawai'i.
		On Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, the first lady helps open the basement fitness center at the First Hawaiian Bank Tower in Honolulu, doing a workout of aerobics, light calisthenics and weight lifting.
		The first lady says that a tougher decision for her was to cut out desserts.
	www.islandscene.com /Article.aspx?id=243 (595 words)

	Amazon.com: Pedigree portfolio: the First Hawaiian Tower on Bishop Street is home to a newly assembled team of ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Amazon.com: Pedigree portfolio: the First Hawaiian Tower on Bishop Street is home to a newly assembled team of world-class investment brokers.(University of Hawaii...
		Pedigree portfolio: the First Hawaiian Tower on Bishop Street is home to a newly assembled team of world-class investment brokers.(University of Hawaii...
		Title: Pedigree portfolio: the First Hawaiian Tower on Bishop Street is home to a newly assembled team of world-class investment brokers.(University of Hawaii new $150 mn medical school)
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0009FWJNM?v=glance (309 words)

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