The San Francisco, Santa Barbara and San Diego Presidios are all in government-managed urban parks. 

San Francisco (http://www.presidio.gov/history/archaeology/) is part of an NHLD that encompasses archaeological areas, historic buildings and cultural landscapes. The remaining colonial adobe structure serves as an exhibit space for the archaeology program; immediately outside is an ADA accessible interpretive landscape with exposed archaeological features.  

Santa Barbara http://www.sbthp.org/presidio.htm

San Diego http://www.sandiego.gov/park-and-recreation/parks/presidio/index.shtml   
 

Liz N. Clevenger, MA, RPA  
Curator of Archaeology  
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From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Sara Ferland
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Subject: Re: examples of conserved ruins in urban park/industrial park situations

Also, Swansea Castle in Wales is right smack in the City Center:

http://www.castlewales.com/swansea.html

And Pueblo Grande here in Phoenix is surrounded by highways, the light rail, the old stockyards, and many industrial parks:

http://www.pueblogrande.org/

And my favorite, though they're not exactly "ruins", is Gas Works Park in Seattle:

http://www.seattle.gov/parks/park_detail.asp?ID=293