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Much has been made of the plans for Metropolitan Park and the impending arrival of the Amazon banana stand to Arlington. On Saturday, the Arlington County Board voted to approve a master plan and design guidelines for the site.
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The approved plan will refresh the nearly 2.5 acres along the east side of the 1300 block of S. Fair Street (map). Besides the banana stand, the park will include:
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- A 2,300 square-foot "edible garden" with community seating;
- An 8,800 square-foot Central Green with capacity for several hundred people that will occasionally host movie nights and festivals;
- An Overlook with trellis and swings;
- A 5,000 square-foot public playground;
- A private Children’s Garden operated by an adjacent planned daycare facility;
- A café terrace with built-in seating wall;
- Two dog runs, for small and large dogs, totaling 4,000 square feet;
- Hammocks, lounge chairs, and other seating;
- Public art; and
- Gateways on the south and east ends of the site.
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James Corner Field Operations is the park designer and the park is being completed in partnership with the Department of Parks and Recreation. Amazon and JBG Smith will also construct a pair of 22-story office-over-retail buildings framing the site; the development on Metropolitan Park sites 6, 7, and 8 is expected to be complete in 2023.
Additional renderings are below.
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