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UH graduate students explore how to improve Chinatown, Downtown Honolulu


Posted on May 21, 2025


NDPTC Executive Director, Dr. Karl Kim, a professor of urban planning, taught a practicum course in the 2025 Spring semester at the University of Hawaii

NDPTC Executive Director Dr. Karl Kim, a professor of urban planning, taught a practicum course at the University of Hawaii in the spring semester of 2025. The class examined what needs to happen to make downtown more inviting, cleaner, and safer for people who work and live in the area. The work of is being spotlighted at a downtown exhibit space in the historic Liberty Bank Building designed by Vladimir Ossipoff. Listen to the interview on Hawaii Public Radio. https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/the-conversation/2025-05-21/uh-graduate-students-improve-chinatown-downtown-honolulu