These pages captures the last days of the Damon Building and the original First Hawaiian Bank tower at the corner of Bishop and S. King St. You can also see the coming up of the new office tower. As part of the design and construction team for the new building, it was a challenging but rewarding four years on the project.


The Damon building (161 S. King St) with the FHB office tower (165 S. King St) in the back as it was in September 1992. A better view of Hawaii's first highrise office building is to the left.

The original FHB building  The Damon Building and FHB Tower

Sunday January 9, 1994. Plastic explosive charges race up the structural columns cutting into the steel frame. The 1,000 pound dynamite charge goes off in the far corner of the building and the building begins to collapse. Concrete disintegrates into a massive cloud of dust and rubble ... and the impact of the dynamite charge begins to take it's toll....

FHB Building Demolition, Jan 9, 1994 FHB Building Demolition, Jan 9, 1994

The First Hawaiian Center building around July 1996, as it nears it's Oct 1996 opening date.
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