Visitors and residents coming to the Hawaii State Capitol better get used to seeing this new tent in the middle of the atrium. Looking much like a homeless shelter this tent and the surrounding wall around it was completed this week over the location of the "Aquarius" mosaic that has graced the capitol rotunda floor for many years.
What is happening here is that the "Aquarius" will be upgraded. From what I understand, the original tiles will be removed and replaced with new glass coated tiles of some sort. Underneath the "Aquarius", piping and other infrastructure will be repaired and upgraded. The process will take several months until at least June 2009.
The funny thing about this tent and the green wall surrounding it.... The green wall was built first being completed last week. On Tuesday morning, October 28, two sides of the wall were torn down and the tent was then erected inside the perimeter of the wall. People were wondering why the wall went up before the tent. Common sense would have dictated that the tent go up first (since it is located inside the green wall) and then the wall constructed around it.
Photo captions: Above is a view of the "Aquarius" mosaic as seen earlier this year from the State Capitol's second floor. As I can vaguely recall, the cost for upgrading the artwork is more than $200,000. Top Photo: Get used to seeing this tent in the Capitol rotunda for several months as work commences on the project. Won't make for very pretty pictures in the area, but then again, life and tourist attractions can be ugly.
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