Land and Power - Redux

[ironyak]

Bumping this - want to add dates for the establishment of the subdivisions in Puna. I am away from my copy of Land and Power so if anyone can look some of these up (Chapter 8 Hawaii: Subdividing Lava Fields, starts pg 259), I'm sure we'd all benefit.

http://hawaiifreepress.com/ArticlesMain/...-Scam.aspx
The first speculative development was Hawaiian Acres -- 12,000 acres subdivided into about 4,000 lots in 1958. The lots sold quickly, inspiring more subdivisions to be formed. On a single day in 1962, just before some changes in the state’s land use law would take effect, the Hawaii County Planning Commission approved 42 new subdivisions totaling 3,500 lots.

Kapoho Beach Lots - July 21, 1952 (https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/occl/files/2013/...-Final.pdf)
Hawaiian Acres - 1958 (Land and Power Ch. 8)
Hawaiian Paradise Park - 1959 (http://www.staradvertiser.com/2013/04/28...-solution/)
Kalapana Gardens - May 1960 (https://www.pobonline.com/articles/91421...na-gardens)
Kapoho Vacationland Hawaii May 19, 1962 (https://dlnr.hawaii.gov/occl/files/2013/...-Final.pdf)
Royal Gardens - 1960s
Leilani Estates - 1964 (https://leilaniestates.org/)
Seaview Estates: mid-1970s (http://kseca.org/)
This unique residential rural community was created in the mid-1970’s, less than 20 years after the area was covered by the 1955 lava flow.

ETA: Dates

[ironyak]

Great read on the establishment of Leilani Estates and the legal and ethical contortions needed to subdivide and sell this lava field.

http://www.environment-hawaii.org/?p=10407