A vintage Cold War air raid siren that stood atop a tower in a Seattle park for more than 70 years remains in the hands of a private salvage yard in Kent. And that\u2019s where the man who now owns the giant artifact says it\u2019s going to stay.<\/p>\n
As KIRO Newsradio first reported earlier this week<\/a>, Seattle Parks and Recreation<\/a> in March removed a rare old Cold War air raid siren from Northacres Park<\/a> near the Northgate neighborhood, and it ended up at a private business called Binford Metals<\/a> in Kent.<\/p>\n Seattle Parks told KIRO Newsradio they had offered the siren to two museums who both declined. As it turned out, those offers were made roughly five years ago, and one of the two museums \u2013 the Museum of History & Industry<\/a> (MOHAI) in Seattle \u2013 told KIRO Newsradio earlier this week that they never got their questions about the siren answered, and thus never said “no” to the offer of the siren.<\/p>\n