A block mauka of Kalakaua Avenue, the urban resort paradise outlined in the tourism brochures begins to disappear.
Views of Waikiki's famous beaches and aquamarine waters, its fancy hotels and designer shops are replaced with at best a transitional neighborhood. In the backside of the Waikiki Special District, new development is surrounded by blight in part because of the restrictions from city regulations adopted in 1976 to set height, density and setback requirements. While the rules helped stop Waikiki from becoming an urban jungle, they had the unintended effect of rendering many owners unable to improve their nonconforming properties or sell them for a good price
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