By Benjamin Warsinske As urban planners, it is fascinating to watch “places for people” adapt and evolve over time. Chicago’s Historic Navy Pier is getting ready to celebrate its 100 year anniversary in 2016 and continues to be the number one leisure destination in the Midwest, welcoming nearly nine million visitors annually.[1] At HHF, we […]
Actionable Steps you can take to get involved in your community By: Benjamin Warsinske Community members are not aware of the planning process happening all around them; at the neighborhood, city, region, or state level. Often times, people not directly tied to the urban planning profession miss out on community interactions and discussions pertaining to […]
By: Brent Wozniak On a recent Friday morning, HHF Planners opened its office doors to host students from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Students and soon-to-be graduates were invited from the departments of urban planning, architecture, and geography to explore what a day in the life of a planner is like. The event offered HHF […]
By: Angelica Rockquemore HHF Planners celebrates 35 years of planning, landscape design and National Landscape Architecture Month with the debut of our very first Hawaiian Cultural Plant fortune teller! Inspired by traditional Japanese origami, our design team created a fun, interactive, and educational game for keiki to learn about the unique cultural plants they often […]
Blog and All Photos By: Maile Norman Five years ago, an explosion aboard the Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit Deepwater Horizon, located 45 miles off the coast of Louisiana, triggered the sinking of the drilling unit and subsequent release of crude oil one mile below the surface of the ocean. This incident quickly became the largest […]
A travel blog by: Angelica Rockquemore On a recent trip to Japan, while navigating Tokyo Station to meet up with a friend, I found myself completely and utterly lost. Thinking back to this day, I realize this moment of getting lost and serendipitously stumbling upon the Yaesu terminal of Tokyo Station was exactly what […]
By: Benjamin Warsinske Often times I am asked to explain what it is I do as a planner. The truth is, we planners do quite a lot! From my experience, one skill that separates us from other disciplines is the fact that planners are natural leaders. We are able to visualize the big picture, leading […]
By: Ryan Masuda, with Carol MacDonald As HHF celebrates its 35th year, and as our renovation prep and cleaning has prompted nostalgia – finding some marketing collateral from the early days got us reminiscing about the evolution of the HHF logo. It was a great excuse to get in contact with our logo’s creator, graphic designer, […]
By: Gail Renard Here in Hawai‘i, we have ready access to a host of ocean activities. Whether we swim, surf, paddle, dive, fish, or snorkel, we both enjoy and respect the power of the sea. Thanks to the U.S. Navy and Department of Energy, Hawai‘i’s waves are also playing a role in advancing the […]
A Travel Blog By: Erin Higa I spent my recent holiday traveling through parts of Morocco and southern Spain via train, bus, ferry, the odd cab, and by foot. Along the way we stopped in the Moroccan cities of Casablanca, Fes, Chefchaouen, and Tangier; as well as the Spanish cities of Seville, Granada, and […]