I had a unique opportunity today to tour the nearly complete Tysons Tower high rise at Tysons Mall with a group of professionals from the American Planners Association (APA). The last time I had taken some photos at the mall of the construction work, it was obvious that I would not be able to see […]

The Connection Newspaper was present at an MCA debate over the approval of Capital One‘s new headquarters tower, which will be the region’s tallest at 470’ (something we noted here about 2 months before all the other media outlets). While the MCA did ultimately approve the new building, it did so only reluctantly after much harangue about the overshadowing nature of […]

Above: A photo of the construction occurring around Tysons Corner Center on a foggy night. Photo by Benjamin Burgess Photography. Left: A long exposure photo of Spring Hill Metro station at night. Photo by Stephen Timms on twitter @stimms15 Below: A photo of North Tysons from the Carr Workplaces office space along Tysons Boulevard. Above: […]

Lots of things happened this week in our review of Around the Corner; People are talking about how to mitigate the aesthetic issues of the Silver Line‘s largely concrete structure. Hmmmm, if only someone had talked about this a long time ago. The reality is, the Silver Line is not pretty, but then again should […]

Plans for 7900 Westpark’s facade replacement went from concept to reality this past month as crews began demolishing the existing concrete brutalist shell with a glass curtain wall for its full height. The project won’t include any new buildings, unlike previous iterations, but it will involve a near full gut of the interior space to […]

Proposed Concept Implementation in Tysons Score Thousands of residential units in Boston were originally anticipated to be high end apartments, but what the market is really demanding is more condominium units. This shift in conditions is having some developers scramble. It may also be indicative of a larger systematic issue occurring in development, where in […]