Downtown outdoor spaces

[neonjoe]

I find it interesting how now the new suburban areas have a ton of parkland compared to the past. I currently live in the Mattamy development at Huron and Fischer Hallman. In our small enclave we have three parks - Seabrook Park, West Oak Park and Hewitt Park. Perhaps these are mandated by the city to be funded by the developer. I think in the downtown area they should also levy a fee or mandate some more privately owned public spaces for any redeveloped property. It's a win win for the city, the city gets new parkland and the develop has another amenity that they can tout in the sales info.
If programs are in place like this for the burbs they should definitely be in place in the core.