Urbanizing The Alpha Edge City

Tysons Corner, VA has been called “the world’s most successful office park”. It is home to two gigantic malls and more office space than all but a handful of America’s largest downtowns. When Joel Garreau coined the phrase “edge city” to describe large suburban activity centers, Tysons Corner was his prime example. It might not fit the term much longer, however, as the coming of a new Metrorail subway has local government and business leaders giddy over the prospect of turning Tysons into a real downtown.