Urban Planning
VDOT Cloverleaf Wasting Useful Space
Occupying what should be prime real estate at the core of the city, the 495 access ramps represent the most barren use.
Aug 10, 2015
Aug 09, 2015
Events
Free Yoga In The Boro Park This Month
Thanks to an initiative to bring people and art together in function and aesthetic appreciation Tysons residents and visitors can enjoy some yoga in the park at the Boro on August 20th. The event, a collaboration with the Arts Council of Fairfax County, will be taught by local yoga instructor Carolyn Weininger in the unique setting of the Tysons […]
Aug 05, 2015
Three Articles Provide Varying Views on State of Tysons
If you haven’t read the local news lately there has been a heated debate going on about whether the Silverline and Tysons are a failure, one year after the open of the Silverline Phase 1. The genesis of the debate was the ridership data released by WMATA about the new line in comparison to the […]
Jul 29, 2015
In Review
What’s Happening In Tysons
InTysons today: VDOT has plans in place to remove an egregious double turn lane, new bike lane and road diet on Park Run. A new land owner comes into the Tysons submarket, and a simple downed pole shuts down all access to Tysons from the south. Dangerous Intersections Being Addressed It took a few years, […]
Jul 28, 2015
Construction Update From Elan Tysons West
The tower rising from a former asphalt laydown area along Tyco Road is officially one of the most prominent features on the Tysons skyline. Of course right now that’s not such a great thing considering Elan Tysons West has no facade installed and looks like a concrete mangle. Soon the glazing and stone work will […]
Jul 24, 2015
Rush Hour In Tysons, Still Too Much Pavement
When commuters talk about Tysons the number one thing that always comes up is how rough the traffic in Tysons can be. This has been so often repeated, by commuters and news sources, that it has become common knowledge; to question it would be akin to heretics. I’m not going to say congestion for commuter is a […]
Jul 23, 2015
Cityline Preparing To Demolish Another Building?
The folks at Cityline must have an appetite for destruction. A month ago they tore down an aging mid-rise office building on the Johnson Parcel, they tore down the old offices where the McLean metro parking is now, they tore down the outdated mushroom building on Anderson Road, and now they are fencing off their own […]
Jul 19, 2015
Urban Planning
City Submarkets Playing Important Role In Housing
This past week Gizmodo (evidently now discussing urban planning) had an article breaking down housing choices of millennials. Ever since the generation born between 1982 and 2004 started graduating college and entering the work force there has been debate on what their preferences in housing would be. Much of the selection of millennials comes from […]
Jul 13, 2015
Food Truck Scene In Tysons Explodes In Popularity
When Governor Terry McAuliffe visited Tysons less than two months ago to sign legislation taking VDOT out of the equation for food truck regulations, he selected a fairly popular spot that initiated much of the debate right here in Tysons. Just outside of the headquarters for Fortune 500s SAIC and Booz Allen a daily inflow […]
Jul 12, 2015
Skywalk Installed To 1775 Tysons Boulevard
For all the construction wonks out there, it’s been a while since we saw an installation of a skywalk in Tysons. The last ones were put in place between the Tysons Corner Metro Station and Macerich’s Plaza at Tysons Corner Center. What might end up being the final skywalk in Tysons went up this past […]