immediately above, great hulk of Haslett Warehouse, on H yde Street across from Victorian Park and cable car turnaround; at foot of street, historic State-owned ships managed by Harry Dring, a11d to right, Fisherman's Wharf . Balclutha is out of picture to right. Museum of Westem voyaging and technology is proposed for Haslett.
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Top: Si11ce July 1955 when th e restored ship was opened to th e public, the Cape H orn er Balclutha has attracted hea vy visitation, and supported the Museum on her i11com e.
Haslett Warehouse fo rms impressive backdrop to em ergi11g Victorian Park, in 1962. H yde St. pier is imm ediately to left; waiting room is being built for cable car that turns around here. Karl Kortum , standing, his fri e11d and m entor Capt. Fred Klebi11gat seated. Bench is copied fr om one found on estate of western railroad builder Crock ett.
We have an exact plan for the use of the Haslett that will finally turn that important building into the use for which it was purchased-a museum. The people of California have owned the building for fourteen years and have never been invited inside. We have specific plans for the noman's-land that exists between Jefferson Street (the Haslett) and where the ships begin out on the H yde Street pier. This pierhead is so characterless now that those splendid ships-further out-get only a quarter or a third of the visitation they should. The Museum ship Balclutha takes in more money than all of them lumped together. This is the most admired urban waterfront area in the nation. The State Park should be brought up to its full potential. What it needs is action shaped by knowledge, taste and imagination. If this trinity is swung in behind authenticity the area could gross the same kind of money as Mystic Seaport or
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