Chile’s main challenge is the huge inequalities between rich and poor, which has been causing increasing civic demands, social pressure and political tension. In order to correct it, the only thing that we hear is income redistribution. But cities may work as shortcuts towards equality because strategically identified urban projects can improve quality of life without having to wait for income redistribution: state of the art public transportation systems, high quality social housing and significant public spaces can correct inequalities in very concrete and tangible terms. In the case of Santiago, despite the country’s outstanding economic growth in the last decade, urban standards have not increased proportionally. In fact, Santiago has no single place where to go for a long walk without being interrupted by a street or without having to share the space with cars. The Children’s Bicentennial Park and the Metropolitan Promenade contribute to reduce the city’s historic debt of public space: Santiago has an average of 4 m2 of green space per inhabitant, being that the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends 9 m2 per person. (London has 44 m2 per inhabitant of green space). So, in a city with a privileged weather, with mild winters and long warm dry summers, any investment in public space has a huge social pay back, because it guarantees democratic access to places where people can enjoy life. A walkway such as the Metropolitan Promenade would be not only a public space of metropolitan scale and geographical magnitude, but also a path that connects rich and poor municipalities; a social equalizer.