i might be down on myself, but i'll go down on my friends

its called Freeway Park and while it is one of the most interesting single examples of Brutalism in the united states and im proud of it, it is so poorly designed in terms of public safety that it has been renovated twice(?) but continues to be geographically troubling, as its design has facilitated a lot of murders over the years. it was the subject of a funny but gruesome article in the STranger in 2002 called Topography of Terror. the city doesnt keep official tally of how many murders or assaults have happened IN the park but two men in their 30s were stabbed nonfatally during a robbery there earlier this year, for example.

Suspect that building mazes is perhaps not conducive to public safety, outside of minotaur isolation scenarios.

As an umbrella academy fan watching the great stranger things fandom collapse of 2025/2026 I'm afraid this is a well trodden path. If I had a nickel every time a show about child abuse survivors ended with the message "kill yourself to end the cycle and save the world"...