SEATTLE (AP) — Mayor Jenny Durkan says she has approved the “emergency dismantling” of Seattle’s 50-year-old downtown Pier 58.

The pier between the Seattle Aquarium and the Great Wheel holds up Waterfront Park — a boardwalk space with benches, scenic views and telescopes.

Durkan said Friday that private engineering firm Seattle Structural recommends Pier 58 be removed within 90 days. The city was planning to renovate the pier as part of an overhaul of the entire waterfront after the removal of the Alaskan Way Viaduct — just not so soon.

Seattle closed the park and hired the firm to complete an assessment after discovering last week the pier had shifted.