http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/06/14/downtown-seattle-association-proposes-creepy-ghost-playground-at-westlake-park Comments On: Downtown Seattle Association Proposes Creepy Ghost Playground at Westlake Park by Goldy en-us Copyright 2013 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:01 -0700 Sun, 19 May 2013 21:00:00 -0700 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss
All this does is act as a major sitting roadblock in the middle of the park. By the looks of the picture, it just crams the traffic crossing the park to one side. I LIKE the open space - something rare downtown - crossing it on early mornings, or seeing the occasional street musician, the food vendor, the chess players, the anti-Israel protesters and end-of-times Christian freaks with their humongous signs. And what are they going to do when the Christmas/shopping season rolls around? Where are they going to put the damn carousel, and where are people going to stand for the tree-lighting crap?

People don't bring their kids to the middle of Downtown to play in a stupid playground, bounded on all sides by office buildings and the roar of heavy traffic. They come to shop and experience the city. This sucks. I would never bring a kid here. I'm all for a city playground, but not here. Put it somewhere quiet, pleasant, and where kids are.
Posted by floater]]> Fri, 15 Jun 2012 19:29:07 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Donolectic]]> Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:55:02 -0700 The Stranger
Other cities have fabulous playgrounds that are more like adventurelands. Why can't we?

If you build it they will come (but not at Westlake).
Posted by westello]]> Thu, 14 Jun 2012 21:25:40 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Jessica]]> Thu, 14 Jun 2012 20:27:35 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Cato the Younger Younger]]> Thu, 14 Jun 2012 19:27:38 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Free Lunch]]> Thu, 14 Jun 2012 19:04:21 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Linda J]]> Thu, 14 Jun 2012 18:16:42 -0700 The Stranger Ghost Dogs are cool, while ghost children drool!
Posted by Senor Guy]]> Thu, 14 Jun 2012 17:52:41 -0700 The Stranger
Downtown will always be inhospitable to kids, a tiny playground isn't going to change that.
Posted by K X One]]> Thu, 14 Jun 2012 17:10:38 -0700 The Stranger Posted by yumyum74]]> Thu, 14 Jun 2012 16:33:43 -0700 The Stranger Posted by kirk huffman]]> Thu, 14 Jun 2012 16:25:45 -0700 The Stranger Posted by merry]]> Thu, 14 Jun 2012 15:23:25 -0700 The Stranger Posted by seattlebikeguy]]> Thu, 14 Jun 2012 15:16:33 -0700 The Stranger Posted by chinaski]]> Thu, 14 Jun 2012 14:48:21 -0700 The Stranger Posted by bedipped]]> Thu, 14 Jun 2012 14:43:31 -0700 The Stranger Posted by crone]]> Thu, 14 Jun 2012 14:37:45 -0700 The Stranger Posted by crone]]> Thu, 14 Jun 2012 14:34:57 -0700 The Stranger Posted by TJ]]> Thu, 14 Jun 2012 14:29:27 -0700 The Stranger Then the plan was to develop it into high-rise housing, with a plaza (read: cement or brick) and shops. But when credit dried up, the project never happened.
Something is going on now. Activity is happening lately. Portables, honey buckets have appeared in the hole.
Posted by TJ]]> Thu, 14 Jun 2012 14:28:13 -0700 The Stranger Posted by olive oyl]]> Thu, 14 Jun 2012 14:24:32 -0700 The Stranger Posted by suddenlyorcas]]> Thu, 14 Jun 2012 14:22:54 -0700 The Stranger years has that big empty socket been sitting there now, 6? 7? 8?

But yeah, Goldy, I agree - this is a bandaid of a playground, not really even worth discussing...
Posted by merry]]> Thu, 14 Jun 2012 14:16:54 -0700 The Stranger Posted by McGee]]> Thu, 14 Jun 2012 14:14:55 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Sir Vic]]> Thu, 14 Jun 2012 14:06:55 -0700 The Stranger Posted by KatherineFM]]> Thu, 14 Jun 2012 14:05:50 -0700 The Stranger