Architecture of Honolulu

I have been doing a lot of bicycle riding in the last two weeks, usually connected with the need for fasteners and other gear associated with the wind vane and communications projects. Several days ago I made the longest foray, to Hawaiian Nuts and Bolts, about 1.5 hours of riding each way, and to the other side of the H1 freeway. Getting across that freeway from the Nimitz Hwy involved a nightmare walk along a flyover. Next to the four lanes of freeway was a strip about two feet side between the lane and the curb. I walked on the curb walking the bike along that narrow strip with the noisy trucks whizzing by just inches away. I survived that and fortunately discovered that there was a proper bicycle path which took me safely under the freeway to the Kamehameha Hwy.

Anyway, today I needed to do a 45-minute ride to POP near Pier 38 to get a stainless steel eye bolt to fit through the 2" diameter rail in my cockpit (to which I will attach one of the blocks for the self steering control lines). It was a sunny and crisp day so I decided to take photos of some of the buildings of Honolulu along the way.

By design or accident Honolulu frequently pairs identical buildings reasonably close to each other and I find this very appealing.

Glass is used very effectively in many of the buildings, resulting in nice reflections of the surroundings.

And you will notice that there are no rigid rules about symmetry.