The week of Lawrence Halprin's timely death is also the week that his famous park, Freeway Park, appears in Police Beat.

What I wrote:

Despite the many dangers of Freeway Park, despite its eerie maziness, I still rate it as the most important and stimulating park in this city. No amount of crime will stop me from loving this strange and often dark place.

The four things that make this city something: Columbia Tower; the movement on the light rail between the ID and Sea-Tac (this will always be the best part of light rail); Downtown Library; and Freeway Park. The first is about urban power; the second, urban motion (even emotion); the third, urban thought; the fourth, urban nature.

The image is from rutlo's photostream.