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This case study is a good example of NO democratic landscape. Why? Central Park has historically been a meeting place, meeting, leisure, social gathering, mass events, fairs, a lot of social activity and a striking and characteristic vegetation that gave comfort to the space. However, for 2009 its remodeling is announced in a design process that did not have an open to consultation and public participation. The new space has a much more open and permeable concept, freeing large areas for activities on platforms, and although it allows an incredible view of the mountains of La Carpintera, it reduces the activities of small areas liked by users. Although the space has had a good flexibility and functionality for the different activities that occur in it, the fact of not having the support of the community during its conception broke all the sentimental links and attachments with the space, generating a disagreement with a considerable part of the community. Fortunately, the constant use of space has not been lost thanks to the numerous activities that surround it, even today the symbolism as a social space of encounter is maintained.