Urbanizing The Alpha Edge City

Quintessential edge city Tysons Corner doesn’t want to be one anymore.

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April 22, 2005, 2:00 PM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

Tysons Corner, VA has been called the worlds most successful office park. It is home to two gigantic malls and more office space than all but a handful of Americas 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.

Thanks to Dan Malouff

FULL STORY: Soaring View Of Tysons Centers on A Downtown

Friday, April 22, 2005 in The Washington Post

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