Gateway Park Project

In Design

Location

1300 Langston Blvd., Arlington, VA 22209  View Map

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Status

In Design

The Gateway Park Master Plan and Design Guidelines were adopted by the Arlington County Board in December 2024. With the planning phase now complete, the project is moving into final design and engineering to prepare the park for construction.

Aerial map showing a park area outlined with a yellow dashed boundary between Lee Highway and North Lynn Street in Arlington, Virginia. The site includes open green space, walking paths, landscaped areas, and nearby roadways, with North Nash Street on the west side and Fort Myer Drive to the south.

About the Project

Gateway Park is located in the heart of Rosslyn and serves the community in many ways—whether through programmed events, visits to the dog park, casual gathering spaces, or as a connection to the Mount Vernon Trail. The adopted Master Plan sets a long-term vision for transforming the park into a welcoming, accessible, and active public space.

Key features of the Master Plan include:

  • A reimagined central lawn and flexible event spaces
  • Updated dog park and garden areas
  • Improved pedestrian access and safer connections within Rosslyn
  • Enhanced tree canopy, native plantings, and stormwater management
  • New play areas, seating areas, and opportunities for public art

With this vision approved, the County is now working on detailed design and engineering to bring the plan to life.

What Comes Next
As the final design process advances, there will be focused opportunities for the community to provide input on specific elements that were not fully defined in the Master Plan—such as material selections, social spaces activation, planting details, and certain site furnishings. These engagement opportunities will help refine the design while maintaining the overall vision adopted by the County Board.

Project Background

The Realize Rosslyn Sector Plan, adopted in 2015, calls for a Park Master Plan and Design Guidelines to redesign the park.

 

 

About the Process

Click the drop downs below to explore the details and resources throughout the project process. 

Spring 2024 - Feedback on Existing Conditions and Use

Level of Engagement: Involve 

From April 11 to May 3, 2024, community members provided input on their vision for the Gateway Park project. Approximately 700 community members participated in the first engagement across in-person events and an online feedback form. The feedback received helped staff develop three draft concepts for the park. 

 

Summer 2024 - Feedback on Draft Concepts

Level of Engagement: Involve 

From June 25 to July 26, 2024, staff requested community feedback on three draft concept designs for Gateway Park. In total, over 700 community members participated in the engagement between an in-person open house event, multiple pop-ups in the Rosslyn area, and the online feedback form. 

Fall 2024 - Final Draft Design Feedback

Level of Engagement: Consult

From October 1 to October 20, 2024, staff solicited feedback on a final draft design concept for Gateway Park. 213 community members provided their thoughts via an online feedback form, which staff will use to finalize the design before the County Board considers the proposed concept. 

 

 

Winter 2024/2025 - County Board Action

Level of Engagement- Communicate

On December 14, 2024, the County Board considered and unanimously approved the Gateway Park Master Plan, which details the project from start to finish and explains the key decision points that led to the final park design.

The materials below have been archived and are meant to be for reference only:

 

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2026/2027 Final Design

Level of Engagement: Involve

Staff are working to finalize the design before beginning construction.

2027 (Projected) - Construction Begins

Level of Engagement- Communicate

Funding

Capital Improvement Plan

Photo Gallery

Aerial map showing a park area outlined with a yellow dashed boundary between Lee Highway and North Lynn Street in Arlington, Virginia. The site includes open green space, walking paths, landscaped areas, and nearby roadways, with North Nash Street on the west side and Fort Myer Drive to the south.

Aerial map showing a park area outlined with a yellow dashed boundary between Lee Highway and North Lynn Street in Arlington, Virginia. The site includes open green space, walking paths, landscaped areas, and nearby roadways, with North Nash Street on the west side and Fort Myer Drive to the south.

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Illustrative rendering of a redesigned urban park labeled Gateway Park, showing landscaped green spaces, walking paths, lawns, seating areas, and recreational zones surrounded by tall residential and office buildings. Streets and intersections frame the park, with trees lining the corridors and people depicted using the space. A note indicates the image is an artistic vision of the sector plan, and a small inset map shows the park’s location.

Illustrative rendering of a redesigned urban park labeled Gateway Park, showing landscaped green spaces, walking paths, lawns, seating areas, and recreational zones surrounded by tall residential and office buildings. Streets and intersections frame the park, with trees lining the corridors and people depicted using the space. A note indicates the image is an artistic vision of the sector plan, and a small inset map shows the park’s location.

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Illustrative concept plan of a park spanning both sides of North and South Langston Boulevard between North Nash Street and North Lynn Street, connected by paths across North Fort Myer Drive. The plan shows curving walkways, lawns, garden areas, dog parks, woodland play areas, seating groves, a pavilion, restrooms, bike facilities, and a new pedestrian bridge, all outlined by a black dashed boundary. Nearby streets, the Custis Trail, and surrounding buildings are labeled.

Illustrative concept plan of a park spanning both sides of North and South Langston Boulevard between North Nash Street and North Lynn Street, connected by paths across North Fort Myer Drive. The plan shows curving walkways, lawns, garden areas, dog parks, woodland play areas, seating groves, a pavilion, restrooms, bike facilities, and a new pedestrian bridge, all outlined by a black dashed boundary. Nearby streets, the Custis Trail, and surrounding buildings are labeled.

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Contacts

Planning and Design Contact
Max Ewart

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