Originally Posted by
cmculp
This is beyond heartbreaking. Longtime Oahu resident and part time Wailea resident here….
Lahina was certainly at risk for this….old wooden structures, tightly packed and built long before modern fire code. I hope it can come back as a safer more sustainable version of itself charm and history intact. I fear it will go the way of the International Market in Waikiki.
The county has absolute control over what new Lāhainā will look like. If they issue building permits for nothing except buildings that look like the old ones, that's what is going to get built.