Downtown is in serious need of some sort of open green space.

There is hardly any grass or open green space south of Denny and west of I5 in the entire downtown core and pioneer square and SODO. Olympic sculpture park is like the only thing but it’s not that big and out of the way. There’s a distinct lack of “squares” in Seattle compared to other major cities. Where people can just sit and chill and office workers can take a break. Or grab some food/coffee from a local business and enjoy it in a park.

We should seriously consider buying back or taxing some of the unstarted and stalled high rise projects. (I’m looking at you “the pit” specifically) and turning them into parks. It’s been fenced for 20 years https://www.postalley.org/2026/04/17/seattles-pit-from-hell-will-we-ever-fill-it-in/ . Turn this into an actual city hall park instead of the afterthought that is the current city hall park.