With the Fun Forest’s ferris wheel gone, could this be Seattle’s newest amusement park?

The corporate owner of Seattle’s Pier 57, a collection of touristy seafood restaurants and pirate-y trinkets, has applied for a permit to build a 175-foot-high ferris wheel at the water-ward end of the Alaskan Way pier.

The historic pier is already home to an indoor vintage carousel. It also features the Crab Pot, Salmon Cooker and other restaurants and shops that exude sentimental little whiffs of Yukon’s gold-mining days.

Kyle Griffith, vice president of Great Western Pacific, which owns Pier 57, said he hopes the ferris wheel will benefit the entire waterfront and attract more people to the area, especially during the tunnel replacement project for the Alaskan Way Viaduct.

“It will hopefully allow us to survive the very difficult time with the viaduct project,” he said.

“The wheel is something that is a risky venture. We’re not looking at it as a big money maker, but something that will keep the waterfront viable.”

Plus, the idea was inspired by his father and company president, Hal Griffith, who has been working on the piers since 1965.

“My dad always had a vision to put a ferris wheel on the waterfront,” Kyle Griffith said.

The public has until Nov. 19 to submit comments to the city’s Department of Planning and Development.