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Apr 24, 2014 
Green Space

Public Meeting On Tysons Park System Concept Plan

I was able to attend the Fairfax County Park Authority meeting yesterday which discussed the new Tysons Park System Concept Plan. We previously summarized many of the elements of the plan in a previous post, but the meeting brought up some interesting clarifications we were not aware of. The concept for the trail loop is […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar
Apr 22, 2014 
Green Space

Tysons Park System Concept Plan

This past week Fairfax County posted their first draft of the new Tysons Park System Concept Plan, which serves as one part master plan, one part “where we are” in terms of agreements and existing parks in the growing city. It’s an important step to help iron out the goals and interaction of open spaces […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar
Apr 10, 2014 
 

Meridian Introduces Itself To Tysons With Parklet

Last May news broke that Meridian, a real estate investment company based in Bethesda, was purchasing the property that contains parts of the headquarters for both SAIC and Booz Allen. The sale also corresponded with plans for SAIC to split off a component of their business, Leidos, to Reston and thereby reducing their future office […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar
Apr 06, 2014 
 

Cool Photo of the Mosaic District Piano

I am digging this photo that I took a couple days ago. The piano was sitting in front of True Food Kitchen near the corner of District Avenue and Strawberry Lane in Mosaic District. Rumor has it that it moves around a lot.
by myfairfaxville
Mar 31, 2014 
 

Stream Restoration Underway Along Westpark

Residents in North Tysons living along Westpark Drive have likely noticed the bulldozers and construction occurring far below the embankments of Westpark Drive. Some may think this is part of a new development project and be concerned about the destruction of vegetation and natural habitat along the sensitive stream channel. In fact the project has […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar
Mar 14, 2014 
 

Friday Photo Pool

The Friday Photo Pool has a lot of pictures of storm clouds, with some hopeful pictures of sunnier days.    
by Navid Roshan-Afshar
Mar 10, 2014 
 

Inspiration Mondays: It’s Not Just DC Lapping Our Walkability

Proposed Concept Implementation in Tysons Score A local Philly blog This Old City, has taken a look at traffic fatalities with relation to location within the city of Philadelphia. The study, which includes data between 2008 and 2012, shows some very telling, and what would be intuitive if not for political overlooking, evidence against high […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar
Mar 05, 2014 
 

Concepts for Veiling Concrete Monstrosities

As an engineer, the opening of the Silver Line (whenever that is) will be a vast improvement to the transportation system in Fairfax, Virginia giving commuters in the Dulles Corridor and I-66 corridor much needed relief by providing an alternative and removing vehicles from roads. However, our leaders are starting to see the problem many […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar
Feb 24, 2014 
 

Inspiration Mondays

We thought it might be a good idea to start each week off with some concepts from around the area and around the globe which cities and urban areas have been using to improve functional and aesthetic qualities of neighborhoods. We’ll then take the ideas and rank them in their ability to be applicable and […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar
Oct 05, 2013 
 

1st Stage Performs Pitman Painters in Front of Packed House

The 1st stage theater has come along way since last year when I complained that a very professional performance of Sideman went unacknowledged by the community that surrounds the theater. That was not the case last night as a line formed out the door of 1st Stage Theater for a Friday performance of Pitman Painters. […]
by Navid Roshan-Afshar