 By the 1960s, the Port of Seattle owned the pier, and had cut holes in the deck for recreational fishing, but the pilings were deteriorating and the pier was settling unevenly.The city purchased Pier 57 from the Port in 1971, after cargo shipping at the piers was relocated years earlier to the container port to the south, and renovated it over the next three years.In 1989, the city traded Pier 57 for Piers 62 and 63, and it is now privately owned.