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Residents fight plans to put up low-income site

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CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARADVERTISER.COM

A plan to build an additional tower for low-income seniors at Ainahau Vista has sparked opposition from nearby residents. Close to 350 people signed a petition against the development, which would be built over a park that was the site of the Ainahau family home of Princess Kaiulani. Suzan Danforth and Josephine Keanu stand next to a placard dedicated to Princess Kaiulani holding the signed petition they circulated.

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CRAIG T. KOJIMA / 2014

Affordable-housing advocates want to develop a second tower next to the existing Ainahau Vista condominium, but neighbors are concerned about the loss of open space in congested Waikiki.