If you never build parks, you’ll never have parks. Everywhere needs parks and there really isn’t an upper limit to the marginal utility of more park space. If you want to add housing, add it densely, vertically, and adjacent to existing parks.
Don't forget to minimize outdoor lighting and make it the right color temp (2800k). We need to keep city light pollution in the city as much as possible and set an example of how to do outdoor lighting right.