Cottonwood Falls Park serves as an important open space amenity for the Downtown area residents and workforce.

Comprising 60% of the public open space of the City of Port Phillip, the Park is a significant local open space amenity.

They said school buildings would obstruct public access to open space amenity and recreational ground, with the daily presence of 1400 pupils and staff during term time likely to “radically alter the character of the parkland”.

On the other hand, these plans involve appropriation of much of the open southern section of Portobello Park which, since 1898, has been dedicated to the open space amenity and recreation of the community at large.

In 1986 Salt Lake City drafted the "City Creek Master Plan" with the goal to maintain the canyon around City Creek "as a valuable watershed and recreation/open space amenity of city-wide significance."