STREET: ALA MOANA BLVD. (From reef to recreation, history of Ala Moana Park) Stretching from the ahupuaʻa of Honolulu to the ahupuaʻa of Waikīkī, which both lie within the moku of Kona here on Oʻahu, stands a roadway given with the name that could mean “path to the ocean.” We are talking about Ala Moana Blvd. By the turn of the 20th century, much of Waikīkī’s taro patches were converted into fishponds and duck farms. In 1912, Walter Dillingham purchased the land of what is now Ala Moana Beach Pa

ALA MOANA PARK/BEACHLess than a decade before this beach was created along the then-newly built shoreline as it was mostly reef prior, the name Moana Park was changed to Ala Moana Park in 1947. Ala meaning “road or pathway” and moana referring to the dark blue ocean. Hence, Ala Moana meaning “Ocean Road.” A channel was dredged parallel to the new shoreline allowing boats to traverse from the Ala Wai Canal to Kewalo Basin. By 1955, a mile of sand was brought in from the Waiʻanae coast to create t