{"id":138620,"date":"2025-09-07T04:35:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T04:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/138620\/"},"modified":"2025-09-07T04:35:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T04:35:13","slug":"reconstruction-of-bridge-pavilion-at-liliuokalani-gardens-celebrated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/138620\/","title":{"rendered":"Reconstruction Of Bridge Pavilion At Lili\u2018uokalani Gardens Celebrated"},"content":{"rendered":"

(BIVN) \u2013 Hawai\u02bbi County officials and community members celebrated the reconstruction of the iconic bridge pavilion at Lili\u2018uokalani Gardens in Hilo on Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The previous pavilion was removed late last year due to extensive termite damage that significantly deteriorated the structure.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThis unique bridge at Lili\u02bbuokalani Gardens is beloved by so many of our community members, who have special memories connected to it,\u201d said Mayor Kimo Alameda in a news release. \u201cOur County employees did a tremendous job rebuilding it for all of us to enjoy. I also want to express my gratitude to the Friends of Lili\u2018uokalani Gardens for their continued support.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Photo of the new bridge pavilion at Lili\u2018uokalani Gardens in Hilo, courtesy the County of Hawai\u02bbi<\/p>\n

From the County of Hawai\u2018i Department of Parks and Recreation:<\/p>\n

Carpenters in the Parks and Recreation Maintenance Division replicated the previous structure using Alaskan yellow cedar \u2014 a species known for its termite resistance \u2013 while adding several details that bring it closer to its original design.<\/p>\n

After building the new structure in the shop, carpenters and other Maintenance Division staff transported it to the park on Aug. 26 and installed the wooden pavilion on its stone foundation. Once the main structure was in place, they added roofing, the capstone, railings, and other finishing touches.<\/p>\n

The Friends of Lili\u2018uokalani Gardens purchased some of the lumber that was used for the project.<\/p>\n

Lili\u2018uokalani Gardens was established in 1917 by the Legislature of the Territory of Hawai\u2018i and dedicated to Queen Lili\u02bbuokalani.<\/p>\n

The bridge pavilion was part of the original park construction and has been rebuilt several times. The original, and its successor, were destroyed by tsunamis in 1946 and in 1960.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s exciting to bring back this bridge, which is an iconic feature of Lili\u2018uokalani Gardens,\u201d said Clayton Honma, Director of Parks and Recreation. \u201cIt\u2019s something people have enjoyed for over 100 years, and we hope the community can appreciate it for the next 100 years as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

The bridge has been painted various colors over the years: green, brown, tan, red, and most recently vermillion, a red-orange color recommended by a garden designer from Kyoto. The new bridge continues to be vermillion, or \u201cshuiro\u201d in Japanese, a color that holds special significance in Japanese culture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(BIVN) \u2013 Hawai\u02bbi County officials and community members celebrated the reconstruction of the iconic bridge pavilion at Lili\u2018uokalani…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":138621,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[192,79],"class_list":{"0":"post-138620","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-environment","9":"tag-science"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138620\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}