Coeur d'Alene Park — Attraction in Spokane

I love this beautiful park for many reasons. It's a piece if nature nestled right in with a historic neighborhood rich with character. Many of the Old homes of Spokane's wealthy founders look just as they did 100 years ago, as if frozen in a time untouched by technology and the fast paced chaos that consumes the quiet. Original cobblestone can even be seen on the surrounding streets. I love this park for an unconventional reason, as well, however. It gives those in our community who lack a permanent home a place to be. To have a place to just exist without being told "you don't belong here", whether spoken or implied, is a human necessity. I know many see the homeless population as a nuisance or a problem to eradicate, so they treat them as such. Of course they act rude back then. Try not to act as if you own the park and stop treating people like they are litter; something unsightly to toss out. I'm in that park everyday and I consciously make an effort to smile and greet anyone who comes across my path and I have met wonderful survivors of the human condition that make the park their place of sanctuary. They just happen to be homeless. They even watch out for me now when I walk my dog at night. Yes, there's always a few bad apples but that's true for any group of people. Bottom line is, just enjoy this park and embrace the colorfulness of the characters who make up our community down here in Brown's Addition. Walk down the parks paths without judgment and just simply BE. Lifes colorful. Appreciate the diversity of the...

I'm super lucky to live a block from this calm and beautiful park. Trees galore, all over the place. It is maintained as well as it could be, but it's very popular and does get used a lot by a lot of people for a lot of things. Due to it's close proximity to downtown, it is frequented by individuals and groups of homeless people looking to "relax" for the day, whatever their personal definition of "relax" might be. Wink wink.. That really isn't a problem, except for the trash a lot of them leave behind. You can expect to see a few pieces of litter here and there and the occasional empty beer can, but it's mostly kept to isolated little areas. Overall I have never had anything but good experiences in this park, and have met and talked with a lot of awesome folks. There's a whole play area for the kids, and water sculptures to play with in the summer. The neighborhood council also hosts a series of concerts here in the summer, as well as the annual ArtFest, which is...

The park was wonderful. Both spacious and clean, the park features a very nice water area where kids can have fun for hours. Three different play sets. (Swings, a big kid set that was capable of supporting me and my two kids [I'm not light], and a tiny tots area.) A concert or wedding type gazebo and bbq pits and tables. Lastly basketball court off behind the parks main features. The bathroom area was actually very clean and the tree coverage made the park feel cooler then anywhere else.

My two complaints:

1. The water that sprayed was so cold it was a little extreme. Not sure if they can even help that. Just go when its hot if you wanna use the water for sure.

2. The sensory for the water got a bit annoying. When the kids played it would randomly shut off certain spots and the kids would just sit and try to get...