“This is the most beautiful park I’ve been to in a really long time,” said the woman—a Capitol Hill resident and city employee—on my voicemail this weekend, as she stood in Cal Anderson Park during the grand opening. It sounded like she was about to cry, she was so happy the park had reopened. “I’ve been waiting for this park for 11 years. It’s like Paris!”

Yes, the park is so grand, it moves people to tears.