Riverfront Park is the centerpiece of downtown Spokane, a 100-acre park straddling the Spokane River on a series of islands and banks around the dramatic Spokane Falls. Created from the site of the 1974 World's Fair, the park is where Spokane residents spend their summer weekends, and it gives the city a downtown waterfront that most comparable cities can only envy.
The park contains a restored 1909 hand-carved carousel, an IMAX theater, a gondola that rides directly over the falls for views from above, and the Spokane Falls themselves — the largest urban waterfall in the United States. In winter the ice ribbon skating attraction transforms part of the park. The park connects via paths to the river trail system that extends west and east through the city.