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Kalākaua Avenue is a street in
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in the US federal state of Hawaii. The street travels across the tourist Centre of
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and belongs to the prospering streets of the United States. It demonstrates an architectural fusion of Hawaiian, Gothic, Asian, Spanish and Moorish architecture.


Route

The arterial road, which is 4.4 kilometers in length, starts near the Diamond Head at the Kapiolani parc, which is the oldest public parc of Hawaii and continues past the
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, along the beaches of Waikiki. The street passes through the business district, as well as the
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and ends in McCully, just before the
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at South Beretania Street. It is the Kalākaua Avenue that is home to some of the most known hotels of Honolulu, such as The Royal Hawaiian Hotel, Hyatt Regency or Sheraton Waikīkī. Alongside this, there are a number of restaurants and luxury international fashion brands stores, as well as multiple shopping malls.


History

The street was already the main access to Waikīkī since the 19th century. The avenue was firstly called Waikiki Road, and was named after King
Kalākaua Kalākaua (David Laʻamea Kamanakapuʻu Māhinulani Nālaʻiaʻehuokalani Lumialani Kalākaua; November 16, 1836 – January 20, 1891), was the last king and penultimate monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi, reigning from February 12, 1874, u ...
, the last male monarch of the
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in 1905. The streets outstanding importance was only developed after the construction of the Ala Wai canal in 1928, which initiated a draining of the
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s that enabled the development of the land. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the subsequent construction boom of high-rise buildings culminated in the establishment of large hotel chains. In 1974,
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issued new building regulations, which should limit height and compaction of the buildings. From 1994 to 2004, the city invested 100 million US-dollars into landscaping, the construction of new sidewalks, footpaths, squares, historic street lamps and benches.


Local public transport

The local public transport on this street was accomplished with carriages in 1868, then replaced by streetcars that were pulled by horses in 1888 and then electric streetcars in 1903. The rail service was discontinued in 1941 and replaced by busses. Nowadays, TheBus by Honolulu Rapid Transit Systems drives through Kalākaua Avenue with 21 stops.


Visitors

According to the Hawaii Tourism Authority (tourism authority), Kalākaua Avenue is the most visited location of the state of Hawaii (as at 2022). The geolocation data from smartphones was used to determine this. The number of visitors is made up of 56% residents and 44% tourists.''Geolocation data offers new insight on popular areas visited by locals, tourists''
hawaiinewsnow.com, 10. November 2022, retrieved November 13, 2022. (English)


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Itemization

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