Save Crystal City Parks

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December, 2009


Arlington County has been working more than two years on a redevelopment plan for Crystal City. The Task Force work has been completed and the Board has given approval to develop a vision plan.

During the next several months, the various commissions of Arlington County will hold hearings on the vision plan and the Planning Commission will ultimately present their recommendations to the Board.

The vision plan has a serious flaw. The proposed increase in parks and open spaces is wrong. In fact Crystal City will lose parks and open spaces with the current baseline used. The baseline for parks and open space is understated by several acres If the correct baseline was used, even more acres of parks and open space would be lost.. This planned reduction will occur as the overall Crystal City density will go up more than 60\% and the residential density will go up almost 100\%.

Say NO to Arlington County reducing park land while planning massive density increases and say YES to adding parks and open space for the enjoyment of Arlington County residents.

We, tax-paying residents of Arlington County, support MORE not less parks and open spaces in Crystal City. We want Crystal City to continue to be an attractive place to live and work for us as noted by our signatures in support of this petition. This petition will be shared with Arlington County Board members in advance of the vote affecting the future of Crystal City.


56 Signatures

  • Rear Admiral James B. Whittaker
  • Mary Tripp
    • Comments
    • I strongly endorse this petition.
  • PC Burnett
  • Don Gay
    • Comments
    • We don't need more concrete canyons.
  • Eric Cassel
    • Comments
    • Parks will be given to builders and this is unacceptable.
  • Carol S Fuller
  • Gerry Fuller
    • Comments
    • Parks are one of the things that make Crystal City livable. It was key to the original Charles E. Smith Plan. Don't let us down by allowing developers to take our precious park space.
  • steve chertock
  • william r. morris
  • Stuart Matthews
  • Richard Forno
    • Comments
    • President, Waterford House Unit Owners Assn
  • Stasys Rastonis
  • Kathleen H. Matthews
    • Comments
    • Please listen to those of us who live here, and not just those who want to turn Crystal City into Concrete City.
  • M. Christine Cooke
  • Douglas C. Roach
  • CHARLES E. BETTS
  • Angela LoRe
    • Comments
    • Arlington County is now reneging on their own rule which forced developers to include park space in their designs years ago. They are now planning to take away that park space.
  • ROGER J. BUSH
  • Buket Bayazit
  • Letricia Jauregui
    • Comments
    • Crystal City is an oasis in a world of pavement and high rises.
  • Vicki Doyle
    • Comments
    • Our green parks are what makes Crystal City unique and why we bought here. We don't want another concret jungle.
  • Alan and Kay Nissalke
    • Comments
    • Strongly agree with saving open space in Crystal City!
  • Jaime Jauregui
  • Herbert & Joan Gilder
    • Comments
    • My survey shows that there are more than 476 Senior citizens now liveing in Crystal Gateway and hte Waterford House that use the park facing our the front of our bulidings. Maybe that is unimportant to you but to us it is a a rest place and meet your neighbor. Please don't remove this area for senior citizens.
  • Jose E. and Shirley A. Martinez
  • Pamela J. Reed
  • L. Patrick Hart Jr
    • Comments
    • " We must protect the parks we have at any cost and as building density increases add more parks and trees to keep Crystal City green, clean, and carbon responsible"
  • Brian
  • Elizabeth Frazier
  • Steven L. Dube
  • Patricia E. Gay
    • Comments
    • Save our Parks!
  • Philip Almeida
  • Reginald Ernest Pond
  • Jerome Hudis
  • Richard S. Trinidad
  • Thomas V. & Sung-hee Miller
  • Lorraine A Carlson
  • Sally Hill Cooper
    • Comments
    • Also of critical importance: (1) Preserving the traffic-free/ weather-free "Pedestrian Underground" and (2) reducing congestion and vastly enhancing transit for EVERY phase!
  • James P. McKenna
    • Comments
    • Green space & other open space is very important in making Crystal City a desirable place to live.
  • Richard & Gail Berendzen
    • Comments
    • В
  • Marian B Smith
  • Madeleine Heikenen Minetti
  • Viswanath Tirupattur
  • Harold Smith
  • William R. Molzahn
    • Comments
    • Saving green parks and open spaces, as well as retaining the "Pedestrian Underground', is critical to keeping Crystal City an attractive place to live and work.
  • Wendy T. Molzahn
  • Kim Jones
  • Jacquelyn Frend
  • Robert Bach
  • Lloyd and Jane Jensen