Downtown outdoor spaces

[dtkvictim]

It will get a lot of hate because we lost a lot of green, but I think it was an underused space because it felt overgrown.  I think it'll be a much more functional space now.

I think the overgrown nature of it was nice, but perhaps it was just too small of a space for that. I have changed my mind slightly now after seeing it nearly completed; I think it will indeed be more functional as a public space. However, I do not consider it "green space", and this city desperately needs better integration of greenery (as do most urban centers).

Keeping in mind that trees grow (why do so many people forget this?), and looking at the master plan, which shows 13 trees, I might have said that it risks being overplanted.  Although it could take 10 or 15 years for it to become apparent.

Trees do grow, quite slowly. Look at the size of the new trees, I don't expect I'll be living downtown long enough to ever experience these as mature trees. I might even be dead by the time they reach the level of maturity that I think trees in the oldest part of the city should be. Yes, sometimes trees need to be cut down, and it's good that they are more than replaced. It just saddens me that I won't get to appreciate these new trees in maturity the way I appreciated the previous trees.

Anyways, here are some photos from today. There is a decently sized area of grass in the center, but I had to leave before I could take all the photos I wanted as an enraged man showed up screaming.