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Originally Posted by maccoinnich
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Pickleball?
But seriously, the hard part is not trying TOO hard to remiagine. The best part of Olmstead parks is that you don't even notice what the park is doing when you are there. The green spaces, etc, (which Waterfront here is, when it's not brown) is such a beautiful thing, and it's not doing anything besides, being natural with limited (obvious) landscaping. When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all. To the casual observer, it's just a meandering path, but really, it's an art form of park design nearing perfection.
What I fear is any plan would go down a Portland-esque path of community engagement and be bogged down in the pursuit of perfection, trying to be everything to everyone. Think more like Olmstead. Maybe the problem isn't the park itself, it's what's near the park. How do you engage that to make it a work-live-play area instead of just an "events" space?
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