The very epitome of "the geography of nowhere" -- targeted for transformation.
Next up: Trying to get Robin Williams to go 30 days without doing a Popeye impression. Equally challenging.
It’s hard to conceive of a less likely poster child for the livable-communities movement, which prizes dense urban-style neighborhoods where residents can live without cars. Yet developers and county leaders in Fairfax County are close to finalizing a radical multibillion-dollar plan to “desprawl” Tysons. The proposal, aimed at attracting a total of 100,000 with the texture and energy of city life, involves tearing up large swaths of the existing town and constructing a series of urban villages, with buildings up to 25 stories high.
“Tysons Corner is a leading example of a suburb trying to transform itself into something else,” says Christopher Leinberger, a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution and a top thinker on the future of America’s suburbs. “The people there see walkable urban areas and say, ‘We want that here.’ They want that kind of urban excitement.”
Read the rest at: The Great Desprawling Experiment - Emerging Ideas - Utne Reader
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Posted by: Devremülk | January 01, 2011 at 06:53 PM