It's a view that hard to get away from.
But the burnt scar on the Marco Polo building is a grim reminder of that fatal fire that burned for hours.
The images that day were powerful.
The largest and deadliest high rise fire in Our Honolulu's history-- 30 units destroyed, $107 million dollars in damage,
and four people dead.
"It's somewhat unsatisfactory that we can't tell you the cause. We are going to tell you what we know," said Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell.
Honolulu's fire chief tried to explain why after three months of analysis it has turned up with no clear cause of the fire.
"Cooking has been ruled out as cause of fire. Ignitable liquids were ruled out. Fire investigators have no evidence it was intentionally set. Fire investigators found no any evidence of a drug lab, or drug paraphernalia," said Fire Chief Manuel Neves.