Before jumping aboard another train leaving the station bound for more high-rises and high-end restaurants on Vancouver’s waterfront (albeit with a narrow strip set aside for pedestrians) as proposed for immediately upstream of the I-5 Bridge (“City wants greener waterfront,” The Columbian, June 9) let’s all take a deep breath and step back a minute. Way back.
Consider, for example: Columbia Park in Kennewick, on the Columbia River; the Foss Waterway park in Tacoma; and downtown Kirkland’s park on Lake Washington. I guess the planners and council members in those cities didn’t get the memo saying waterfront parks must be dwarfed by offices, condos, apartments and fine-dining and wine-tasting establishments.
