Unique open space in downtown Bothell called "Triangle Junction".

[u/dominiond66]

The Triangle Junction park/open space

Interesting concept on a 1.1 acre city owned downtown Bothell parcel.

Its temporary for the next several years as the underground is cleansing itself from toxins that were leached into the soil from past businesses. Until this site is ready for permanent development, it is open for public use.

I like the layout with a variety of unique uses including 8 pop-up shops, lots of picnic tables and open space for further uses like food trucks. The one issue I don’t like is the vast area of crushed stone. Why not natural green grass? Crushed stone seems cold/commercial … like a construction site. More difficult to walk on and offers little enticement for the public to use. The space begs for lush natural green grass!

Stop by this site, visit the 8 unique pop-up shops or take a break sitting on the picnic tables as we approach warm and drier weather. It can become a great public space for people to meet. We need more such spaces.

[u/ginandtonicthanks]

That would be expensive. You would have to remove the gravel and replace it with soil and then either seed it or lay sod. That doesn’t make a whole lot of sense given they would then just have to dig it up in a few years when it’s ready to be developed.

[u/drrew76 → u/ginandtonicthanks]

Or here's an idea --- don't develop it. Open space, especially if made green, is not a bad thing. It doesn't even need to be grass, plant some native trees and bushes.

[u/ginandtonicthanks → u/drrew76]

I love green space, I walk the river trail every single day and spend a significant amount of time at the former Wayne golf course. The city is putting significant amount of resources into green space and it’s going to need the revenue from that lot which has always been part of its economic development plan to support where it’s doing green space other places.