For Immediate Release
Work has begun on the renovations and improvements at Crystal City Water Park.
The Water Park has served as the location of most community events in Crystal City. Events like open-air performances, Monday Morning yoga, Pups and Pilsners, and Wine in the Water Park make it a neighborhood hub and draw patrons from outlying neighborhoods like Potomac Yards, Del Ray, and Alexandria.
Like the entire neighborhood, the Water Park is undergoing a transformation, elevating the facility into an even more vibrant community destination. Work underway includes green space improvements, a water wall and immersion fountain, improved connections to the Mt. Vernon Trail and future VRE entrance, trailhead restrooms, and renovations to landscape and hardscape throughout.
Additions include the construction of nine new kiosks along Crystal Drive that will serve as restaurant incubators for local talent, a retail structure along the northern edge, and a 2,700 SF dine-in restaurant/bar with outdoor seating atop the renovated water wall. A new performance platform and landscape improvements round out the upgrades to this public park.
In addition to these enhancements, JBG SMITH’s approval to include the area in a new “sip-and-stroll” zone will draw more activity to the park and make it an even more vibrant neighborhood destination.
The Crystal City Water Park project is expected to be completed Spring/Summer 2023.