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I dunno, a giant green park within the city like SF's golden gate park or NYC's central park sounds really incredible.

• troydavis 10y ago
  It would have been, but voters rejected that idea. As my comment noted, by the time Amazon came along, a park wasn't one of the options.
  • dluan 10y ago
    Didn't Amazon start off in that weird decrepit hospital near Beacon Hill? I mean, SODO could very well have been Seattle's tech hub in an alternate timeline. Though if I get your gist, the point is that the decision was made before any big tech revival. I remember SLU in the 90's, it was shady and dying. But when I think about SLU today, and how close it is geographically to the heart of the city, it seems like such a lost opportunity that it's now just a sprawling office towers instead of something more vibrant. After 7pm, the whole area from Denny to Capitol Hill just shuts down.
• __derek__ 10y ago
  You don't like Discovery Park, Washington Park, Volunteer Park, Golden Gardens, Carkeek Park, or Lincoln Park?
  • vonkow 10y ago
    They're all lovely parks, but none are within walking distance of downtown.
    • __derek__ 10y ago
      We may have different definitions of walking distance from downtown because I think that both Volunteer and Washington Park fall in that range, although I understand that they are farther than a hypothetical South Lake Union park. On the other hand, I would note that neither Golden Gate Park nor Central Park are near their respective downtowns.
      • vonkow 10y ago
        I don't really disagree, but it's a 50 minute (uphill) walk from Pike Place to Volunteer Park, whereas it's 15 minutes to the edge of SLU. I don't really mind walking an hour, but many people do. Golden Gate is a little out of the way, Central Park is super accessible by subway.
        • __derek__ 10y ago
          That's fair. Alternatively, it's a 35-minute bus ride.
  • justanotherbody 10y ago
    Carkeek is nearly 100 blocks from downtown...