U.S.S. Adams Naval Museum Update Thread

Started by thelakelander, May 02, 2008, 02:17:45 PM

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MusicMan

#31
June 27, 2014, 11:14:21 AM
Where is the USS Adams now?

What is holding this up?

Would be a great start to enhancing the old Shipyards.  Is there room for an old Liberty Ship there, too?

Add a WW II submarine (walk aboard as well) and you have something unique with broad appeal.

edjax

#32
June 27, 2014, 12:43:52 PM
^^If you read the article that was attached you have the answers to your first two questions.

IrvAdams

#33
June 27, 2014, 03:56:30 PM
This is very doable and has a relatively short time schedule. Sounds very positive, and looks like its going to happen, soon. Cool.
"He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still"
- Lao Tzu

brainstormer

#34
June 27, 2014, 04:23:37 PM
I wish that we had leadership actively seeking to integrate this into a larger plan for the Shipyards.  Are we going to end up with a Naval Museum, parking lot, and visitor center disconnected from everything else?  That is kind of our thing isn't it.   ::)

Why aren't we thinking about how to connect multiple projects together to support walkability and synergy?  If Kahn wants to do a practice field, or we want to leave space for the Armada Soccer stadium, shouldn't those be fore-thoughts and not after-thoughts?

It would be kind of cool if the Shipyards took on a theme.  You have the U.S.S Adams, a naval museum, the Armada soccer stadium, add a public plaza lined with restaurants, a Water Taxi stop.  Why doesn't the mayor bring all of these key players with ideas together and come up with a plan that is realistic and financially viable?

IrvAdams

#35
June 27, 2014, 08:37:22 PM
^^Maybe Mayor Brown will read this thread. Very good ideas.

We have to start somewhere. The starting gun has gone off; the Adams is an excellent jump out of the gate.
"He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still"
- Lao Tzu

Keith-N-Jax

#36
June 28, 2014, 03:52:43 AM
That's an excellent video.

downtownbrown

#37
June 30, 2014, 09:44:48 AM
The answer to "what's taking so long" is a big fat US.  They have been clear that there is no white knight, and no government pile to make it happen.  In their recent facebook post they point out that it gets done if 200,000 citizens pony up $25 each.  If, on the other hand, we wait for the other guy to do our share, it may never happen.

I think it's a safe bet that Khan has factored the ship into his vision.  And I love the theme someone came up with.   USS Adams, Shipyards, Armada...

What I'd really like to see is a tall ship or two.  Once we get started, who knows how far it will go.
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