San Diego's collection of historic vessels on the waterfront — from the Star of India to the Berkeley — have welcomed visitors for decades, but there's always been one key element missing — an actual museum.
San Diego’s collection of historic vessels on the waterfront — from the Star of India to the Berkeley — have welcomed visitors for decades, but there’s always been one key element missing — an actual museum.
“Because we’re both of those things, it’s not obvious what we are. When we started doing surveys of people who chose not to buy a ticket, the overwhelming response was, we weren’t given an accurate description of what to explore. So the purpose of this building is to create a proper context for all the historic vessels. It’s to fulfill expectations of what a museum experience is.”
As excited as he is about the project, Zucchet expressed some initial reservations about the wave-like design. From a structural point of view, a new pier or platform supported by pilings would have to be constructed to accommodate the proposed museum — not unlike what was done for Portside Pier, which replaced Anthony’s Fish Grotto a few years ago.
“At least two of them would be self-contained elements that we could detach and send to another port city to tie up one of our historic vessels there.” Ashley estimates that as many as 250,000 people a year visit the historic ships, a figure that includes special events.
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