I don’t have the time right now to properly research or write this, but this is one of those shocking examples of willful destruction of history that you’d think we wouldn’t have to see anymore, but still do. The sailing ship Wawona, which has been sitting at South lake Union for many years, has been hauled off to be dismantled. The 110+-year-old ship has been a floating museum in Seattle for a long time, but has always needed money to keep it up and protect it, and the money has never been there. Time has made supposedly it unsafe, plus it’s being kicked out of its berth for construction on Lake Union Park, so it’s headed for the scrap heap.

I’ve never even seen the Wawona in person, and this still makes me sad. Look for more reporting from the P-I and Crosscut.

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