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Reston founder says 23-story tower on Reston Parkway is a good thing
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Support the RTC Tower
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Date: August 31, 2012 10:37AM
Letter: Simon Says He Supports RTC Tower
Reston founder says 23-story tower on Reston Parkway is a good thing.
August 29, 2012
http://reston.patch.com/articles/letter-simon-says-he-supports-rtc-tower
The debate about the proposed 23-story building for the site at the corner of Reston Parkway and Bowman Towne (sic) Drive opens up a much larger area for discussion than is being held about that particular site.
Proponents of approval for the building carry the day since it can be built by right. Opponents offer a variety of objections based on rejection of the original master plan for Reston as a whole.
That plan, created in the early 1960s, provided for seven village centers and one town center. Each of these was to feature plazas enclosed by high-density structures. Today, only one authentic village center and the town center have been built. There are no village centers, other than Lake Anne, with plazas in Reston; nor have the high-density structures planned to support Lake Anne Plaza been built.(Discussions for bringing lightrail alongside the Dulles access road in 1966 did not result in amending the Master Plan to bring appropriate density to Wiehle Avenue, where the Metro station is to be located.)
Among the several objections to the proposed building, two stand out. The first: that densities belong at the Metro stations and taper off in proportion to the distance from these stations. This concept defeats the original, over-riding vision for Reston-—densities at the plazas, the very features that best foster community.
The second:that “not a single resident supports” the 23-story building. I do, (and with the delight that a world class appearance, as distinguished from adequate appearance, can becoming to Town Center).
Bob Simon
Reston
Editor's Note: The Board of Supervisors has a public hearing scheduled about the tower on Sept. 11. Have something to say about it? Get on the schedule here...
http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/bosclerk/public.htm
Rendering of proposed development at 1760 Reston ParkwayCredit Fairfax County
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Reston founder says 23-story tower on Reston Parkway is a good thing.
August 29, 2012
http://reston.patch.com/articles/letter-simon-says-he-supports-rtc-tower
The debate about the proposed 23-story building for the site at the corner of Reston Parkway and Bowman Towne (sic) Drive opens up a much larger area for discussion than is being held about that particular site.
Proponents of approval for the building carry the day since it can be built by right. Opponents offer a variety of objections based on rejection of the original master plan for Reston as a whole.
That plan, created in the early 1960s, provided for seven village centers and one town center. Each of these was to feature plazas enclosed by high-density structures. Today, only one authentic village center and the town center have been built. There are no village centers, other than Lake Anne, with plazas in Reston; nor have the high-density structures planned to support Lake Anne Plaza been built.(Discussions for bringing lightrail alongside the Dulles access road in 1966 did not result in amending the Master Plan to bring appropriate density to Wiehle Avenue, where the Metro station is to be located.)
Among the several objections to the proposed building, two stand out. The first: that densities belong at the Metro stations and taper off in proportion to the distance from these stations. This concept defeats the original, over-riding vision for Reston-—densities at the plazas, the very features that best foster community.
The second:that “not a single resident supports” the 23-story building. I do, (and with the delight that a world class appearance, as distinguished from adequate appearance, can becoming to Town Center).
Bob Simon
Reston
Editor's Note: The Board of Supervisors has a public hearing scheduled about the tower on Sept. 11. Have something to say about it? Get on the schedule here...
http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/bosclerk/public.htm
Rendering of proposed development at 1760 Reston ParkwayCredit Fairfax County
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Re: Reston founder says 23-story tower on Reston Parkway is a good thing
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jim143
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Date: August 31, 2012 11:00AM
Did Reston's original master plan from the '60's specify Section 8 slums?
Re: Reston founder says 23-story tower on Reston Parkway is a good thing
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Yes MAN
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Date: August 31, 2012 11:19AM
jim143 Wrote:
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> Did Reston's original master plan from the '60's
> specify Section 8 slums?
Yes, its called Stonegate and Hunters Woods.
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> Did Reston's original master plan from the '60's
> specify Section 8 slums?
Yes, its called Stonegate and Hunters Woods.
Re: Reston founder says 23-story tower on Reston Parkway is a good thing
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Yes because all cities are "section 8"
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Date: August 31, 2012 02:05PM
jim143 Wrote:
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> Did Reston's original master plan from the '60's
> specify Section 8 slums?
Oh hahahaha because a small percentage of people will get affordable housing. You are a moron and have no idea what you are talking about. The affordable housing has a stepped gradient of different values and address the 60%-120% earners in Fairfax (ie the young graduates trying to get a foothold in the area and service employees who can't afford to live anywhere closer than manassas which will continue the push for suburban sprawl which interlocks our roads). The legislature forces the people who live there to have employment and meet criteria that were crafted by republicans or else they are cut off and evicted.
Fucking tool.
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> Did Reston's original master plan from the '60's
> specify Section 8 slums?
Oh hahahaha because a small percentage of people will get affordable housing. You are a moron and have no idea what you are talking about. The affordable housing has a stepped gradient of different values and address the 60%-120% earners in Fairfax (ie the young graduates trying to get a foothold in the area and service employees who can't afford to live anywhere closer than manassas which will continue the push for suburban sprawl which interlocks our roads). The legislature forces the people who live there to have employment and meet criteria that were crafted by republicans or else they are cut off and evicted.
Fucking tool.
Re: Reston founder says 23-story tower on Reston Parkway is a good thing
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Urban Engineer
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Date: August 31, 2012 02:36PM
Yup...totally makes sense...why WOULDN'T you re-assess the needs of the citizens? Yup, you can just go ahead and work off of a 40+ year old plan. No reason to re-think this...none...