This drawing also shows the current diamond-shaped Town Center Office Building surround by a rectangle of surface parking. The Board of Supervisors recently approved Whelan's redevelopment of this property. It will be Reston's tallest office building at 23-stories--at least for awhile, outside the transit-oriented development 1/2-mile circle, and constructed from one lot line to the other in both directions across the parking lots shown here (it will include a 6-story parking garage). It is a true example of commercial development insensitive to the community's vision and oft-stated wishes, including testimony to the Board of Supervisors.
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Reston from Above
Beaon Hill on Lake Audobon
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Supervisors Approve Spectrum Redevelopment, Reston Patch, January 8, 2013
UPDATE: This morning (1/9/13) we received this drawing of the Spectrum Center redevelopment proposal--thought to be an earlier version of the current plan we called "brutalist" below. This depiction, if more accurate than the rendering below of Lerner's redevelopment intentions, is more in line with Reston's expectations for "complete streets" that include trees and other attractive pedestrian buffer features known as "streetscapes." The drawing does not, however, seem to suggest significant variation in building heights or street-side plazas as called for in the Reston Task Force's ongoing planning effort. Nonetheless, if the rendering provided in Reston Patch yesterday accurately portrays the redevelopment proposal approved by the Board of Supervisors, it is even less consistent with Reston's vision of attractive, livable, pedestrian-friendly placemaking for its urban core than previously proposed.
This drawing also shows the current diamond-shaped Town Center Office Building surround by a rectangle of surface parking. The Board of Supervisors recently approved Whelan's redevelopment of this property. It will be Reston's tallest office building at 23-stories--at least for awhile, outside the transit-oriented development 1/2-mile circle, and constructed from one lot line to the other in both directions across the parking lots shown here (it will include a 6-story parking garage). It is a true example of commercial development insensitive to the community's vision and oft-stated wishes, including testimony to the Board of Supervisors.
This drawing also shows the current diamond-shaped Town Center Office Building surround by a rectangle of surface parking. The Board of Supervisors recently approved Whelan's redevelopment of this property. It will be Reston's tallest office building at 23-stories--at least for awhile, outside the transit-oriented development 1/2-mile circle, and constructed from one lot line to the other in both directions across the parking lots shown here (it will include a 6-story parking garage). It is a true example of commercial development insensitive to the community's vision and oft-stated wishes, including testimony to the Board of Supervisors.