Letter: Ala Wai bridge should celebrate isle culture

Is this 18-story imitation of the Eiffel Tower-cum-Golden Gate Bridge necessary? Instead of this tribute to conspicuous consumption, consider a Polynesian reference to the history of the Ala Wai Canal, whose purpose was to drain the bubbly waters of the delta formed by descending mountain streams, occupied by fields of wet taro, duck and fishponds, managed by farmers so Waikiki could blossom.

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