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Elderly residents read, converse, or just relax in this light-filled, naturally ventilated sitting room.
Edwin Thomas Home
This renovated historic building offers transient housing to homeless elderly people in Honolulu. Built with $1.9 million in donated funds, the building received a Project of the Year Award from the City and County of Honolulu.
- The badly-damaged interior was replaced by a new steel and concrete structure built within the existing brick walls.
- A new floor was added, creating a three-story structure with a basement.
- The basement contains offices and storage.
- The first floor houses the kitchen, dining room, reception area, and manager's apartment.
- The upper two floors contain twenty-eight rooms and shared bathrooms.
- New stairs and elevators provide access for the handicapped.
- The dimensions of the building - 105 feet deep and 35 feet along the street - created code and construction issues to resolve with building authorities.
Photos: Augie Salbosa
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The brick exterior conceals a new steel and concrete structure.
The first-floor dining room.
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