The city of Seattle Parks wants a nice tidy park with lots of grass and parking, with no ships in need of restoration spoiling the view. There are other historic ships that may need to be removed until they are fully restored and suitable for public view. Also ship repair/restoration yards are not compatible with a nice tidy park. All a little different from the popular Maritime Historic Park in San Francisco! Also, if the Museum of History and Industry moves into the old Navy Reserve Buildings as tentatively planned, it will not be restricted to maritime history, but will be a general history museum. It seems that maritime history will be just a minor part of this park. So much for maritime history in Seattle.

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