Downtown Tour 4/4/09

This was the 2nd time Eyes of Hawaii did a downtown architectural history walking tour. Last time, I did not have my wide angle lens so this time I made great use of it for my shots. We started at the municipal parking lot then walking along Beretania thru Fort Street mall, then Chinatown, and finally, to have a dim sum lunch. It was great exercise and a great time.
I think the wide angle lens made my buildings rather distorted and I had a difficult time figuring out if the photo was straight.
We walked to Washington Palace and I took a quick shot.
We went to Saint Andrews Cathedral and there was a choir practicing. The acoustics was really good in there and their singing was so beautiful...I wanted to stay to listen longer...but the group was leaving me behind.
The cathedral grounds looked like a medieval castle.
We headed down to Fort Street Mall to the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace where Father Damien was ordained in May 1864.
I think photographing the Hawaii Theatre at night would be really nice w/ the lights turned on.
We walked thru Chinatown and it's kinda neat to see the contrast of this old building w/ greenery growth coming out of it.
The Chinatown Gateway park has a really nice waterfall pond...unfortunately, the water is really cruddy. But, with the old industrial looking building in background, it all kinda fits in.
I've always wanted to photograph this park and the lion sculpture but was afraid w/ all the homeless. I'm glad I got a chance to do so today with the group.
We ended up in the historical downtown area. I got a chance to take the Cole Academy again, this time w/ the wide angle lens so I was able to get the entire building block.