Do you always take the same route to work every day? Normally, so do I but this morning I had to drop off the water bill at City Hall. Many people, when they think of downtown, think of a vast desert of parking lots (that you're usually not allowed to use) and buildings.
But if you slow down just a little, take a different route to work and look around, I think you'll be surprised how much greenery is downtown. The banks landscape their drive-throughs; the Globe-News Center for the Performing Arts' trees are filling in nicely; the churches are also working harder beautifying their parking lots.
One of the nicest spots downtown, I think, is the space between City Hall and the Civic Center. They've given the green areas gently rolling hills and the sound and sight of the bubbling fountain competes aurally with the semi-tractor trailers heading north.
Taking a different path from time to time uncovers a different Amarillo than what you're used to.