The Edge of Paradise

Legend1. Riche Polumbo & Diane Patalano2. Diane StriegelThe Big HouseSharon and KarmaThe SaunaThe Canadian HouseJohn JamesKung Fu Bill MalapitAllan Kroll Catherine Tom Buddy AlanEmeePat and AndyHamilton FamilyTonys LoftThe Free StoreDavid and Ezekiel PearsonAlbert Rose and DannyMarkRay Steve and DaveSailorPaulo and RobertoShowerShitterKalalauBuffalo Bills LoftMarie and John CalangaLee and StacyJay and DebraFranChurch Crash PadChurch HouseChurchDons LoftNino FamilyMike and TomGardenUpper ParkingSchool Bus StopVolley Ball CourtHubbly Bubbly BathTo HaenaLimahuli StreamMosquito HillKe'e BeachBeach FireWet Cave / Blue RoomPatricia LeoKalalau TrailNa PaliMt. Makana & Buddha MountainOur Beloved BeachToad RoadCold PondLegend - 1. Richie Polumbo & Diano PatalanoLegend - 2. Diane StriegelThe Big HouseSharon and KarmaThe SaunaThe Canadian HouseJohn JamesKung Fu Bill MalapitAllan Kroll Catherine Tom Buddy AlanEmeePat and AndyHamilton FamilyTonys LoftThe Free StoreDavid and Ezekiel PearsonAlbert Rose and DannyMarkRay Steve and DaveSailorPaulo and RobertoShowerShitterKalalauBuffalo Bills LoftMarie and John CalagnaLee and StacyJay and DebraFranChurch Crash PadChurch HouseChurchDons LoftNino FamilyMike and Tom
LegendRichie Polumbo & Diane PatalanoDiane StriegelThe Big HouseSharon and KarmaThe SaunaThe Canadian HouseJohn JamesKung Fu Bill MalapitAllan Kroll Catherine Tom Buddy AlanEmeePat and AndyHamilton FamilyTonys LoftThe Free StoreDavid and Ezekiel PearsonAlbert Rose and DannyMarkRay Steve and DaveSailorPaulo and RobertoShowerShitterKalalauBuffalo Bills LoftMarie and John CalangaLee and StacyJay and DebraFranChurch Crash PadChurch HouseChurchDons LoftNino FamilyMike and TomGardenUpper ParkingSchool Bus StopVolley Ball CourtHubbly Bubbly BathTo HaenaLimahuli StreamMosquito HillKe'e BeachBeach FireWet Cave / Blue RoomPatricia LeoKalalau TrailNa PaliMt. Makana & Buddha MountainOur Beloved BeachToad RoadCold Pond

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clicking on houses and other areas

on the map above to see photos

and videos about each location.

ENJOY!


Notes on the Map

Former Taylor Camp resident, now Big Island artist, Patricia Leo, originally created this map in 1976. A snapshot of the village in its last years, the map captures the time that I made the photographs in the book. The authenticity of Pat’s village map, combined with the historic record of the photos, gives us a mind’s-eye walking tour of Taylor Camp.

Pat drew the map “Island style” with the ocean to the bottom of the page and the top toward the mountains. Island people don’t orient north, south, east and west. Traditional Hawaiian directions are mauka [toward the mountains] and makai [toward the sea]. Directions around the ever-turning coastline are called out by the nearest landmarks up and down the coast, which for Taylor Campers were Ke‘e [west] and Ha‘ena [east]. The camp’s beachfront houses faced due north, looking out over the ocean, so Pat’s map has north [makai] to the bottom and south [mauka] to the top. The due north exposure to the towering cumulous clouds marching across the ocean’s horizon, combined with sun filtered through a high forest canopy, then diffused with translucent plastic roofing and walls, gave the whole of Taylor Camp perfect lighting for photography.

Every neighborhood has its “better” section, its prime real estate. Taylor Camp was no exception. Like ocean communities everywhere, beachfront was prime. So, let’s enter from the ocean as traditional voyagers, come in across the sand, and begin the map sequence with the beachfront houses.

Each building, text description, and drawing detail can be clicked to bring up a link with photos, videos, documents and drawings. Filling these links is an ongoing process of archiving material that the Taylor Campers continue to contribute.

All landscape and exterior portrait photos are linked with those images of a particular structure, feature or place as shown on the map and legend. The photos include most, but not all, of the buildings in the village. Those images that do not include an architectural element, landscape feature or place name on the map are linked to the closest map element.

John Wehrheim­