![Kakaako Waterfront Park NW 20100517](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/Kakaako_Waterfront_Park_NW_20100517.jpg)
Kakaʻako Waterfront Park, also known as "Point Panic Park", is a
public park
An urban park or metropolitan park, also known as a municipal park (North America) or a public park, public open space, or municipal gardens ( UK), is a park in cities and other incorporated places that offer recreation and green space to r ...
in
Kakaʻako
Kakaʻako is a commercial and retail district of Honolulu, Hawaiʻi between Ala Moana near Waikīkī to the east and downtown Honolulu and Honolulu Harbor to the west. Kakaʻako is situated along the southern shores of the island of Oʻahu, H ...
, south of
downtown Honolulu
Downtown Honolulu is the current historic, economic, and governmental center of Honolulu, the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Hawaii. It is bounded by Nuuanu Stream to the west, Ward Avenue to the east, Vineyard Boulevard to the nor ...
, just off
Ala Moana Boulevard at the end of Cooke Street. It was opened in November 1992 on the site of a former municipal
landfill and consists of of grass-covered rolling hills adjacent to the ocean. There is no sandy beach at this location, and access to the ocean is by concrete stairs. The park has bathrooms, water fountains, free parking, picnic tables, an
amphitheatre
An amphitheatre (British English) or amphitheater (American English; both ) is an open-air venue used for entertainment, performances, and sports. The term derives from the ancient Greek ('), from ('), meaning "on both sides" or "around" and ...
, pay telephones, paved jogging paths, and two popular
surfing spots, "Point Panic" and "Flies".
In October 2017, the park was closed in order to address
homeless people
Homelessness or houselessness – also known as a state of being unhoused or unsheltered – is the condition of lacking stable, safe, and adequate housing. People can be categorized as homeless if they are:
* living on the streets, also kn ...
setting up encampments there then reopened in January 2018.
Management of Kakaʻako Waterfront Park was done by the Hawaiʻi Community Development Corporation for nearly 20 years.
In late 2019, the 40 acres of land that makes up the Kakaʻako Waterfront Park was transferred from the state of Hawaii to the city of Honolulu.
The John A. Burns School of Medicine, part of the
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
The University of Hawaii at Mānoa (University of Hawaii—Mānoa, UH Mānoa, Hawai'i, or simply UH) is a public land-grant research university in Mānoa, a neighborhood in Honolulu, Hawaii. It is the flagship campus of the University of Haw ...
, is located inland and adjacent to the waterfront park.
A Memorial to the
''Ehime Maru'' Incident victims is built at the Kakaako Waterfront Park.
Sculptures in the park
* ''Lahui'', a silicon bronze sheet sculpture by
Sean K. L. Browne, 1992
* ''Ano Lani'', a
bronze sculpture
Bronze is the most popular metal for Casting (metalworking), cast metal sculptures; a cast bronze sculpture is often called simply "a bronze". It can be used for statues, singly or in groups, reliefs, and small statuettes and figurines, as w ...
by
Frank Sheriff, 1993
* A monument to the dead of the
Ehime Maru and USS Greeneville collision
On 9 February 2001, about south of Oahu, Hawaii in the Pacific Ocean, the United States Navy (USN) ''Los Angeles''-class submarine USS ''Greeneville'' (SSN-772) collided with the Japanese- fishery high-school training ship from Ehime P ...
Gallery
Point Panic Beach Park.jpg, Bodysurfing area at Kaka'ako Waterfront Park
Skyline from Kaka'ako Waterfront Park.jpg, Skyline panorama from Kaka'ako Waterfront Park
See also
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List of contemporary amphitheatres
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References
Parks in Hawaii
Protected areas of Oahu
Protected areas established in 1992
Tourist attractions in Honolulu
Geography of Honolulu
1992 establishments in Hawaii
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