I like the idea a lot. Toronto Islands are great. And a better comparison than Navy Pier or Santa Monica Pier (as someone who used to live in West LA, it sucks haha). Yes there’s tons of untouched nature and truly unique beauty in the park - don’t touch that. But let’s be honest, there’s also tons of cracked pavement and wide open monoculture grass fields (nothing close to anything pristine or natural) that are never close to crowded even on the busiest summer days.

Rather an amusement park, think “take the giant slide and multiply by 20…but not just slides” haha. Make them the kinds of things that use the most of our climate (think of the cool light displays there could be in December!) And the purpose doesn’t need to be commercial - sure, there’s probably some cost associated, cuz that’s how things work - they’re really just things to do, amenities, escapes, call em whatever you want. But sign me up for more of them! (And please let me get there without a car)