The State of NoVa: Tyson's Corner


Posted at 05:15 AM ET, 01/17/2013

Tysons Forest is preserved by Fairfax supervisors
By Tom Jackman
Vienna neighbors banded together to oppose paving popular parkland

By Tom Jackman  |  05:15 AM ET, 01/17/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Tyson's Corner, Development | Tags:  Tysons Forest, Tysons Corner, Old Courthouse Spring Branch Park, Save Tysons Last Forest, Pamela Konde, Cathy Hudgins, Fairfax County Board of Supervisors

Posted at 05:11 AM ET, 01/04/2013

Tysons Corner may be booming, but Tysons Forest is moving closer to staying green, unpaved
By Tom Jackman
Fairfax transportation department says no road needed in 33-acre forest

By Tom Jackman  |  05:11 AM ET, 01/04/2013 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Tyson's Corner, Development | Tags:  Tysons Corner, Tysons Forest, Old Courthouse Spring Branch park, Save Tysons Forest

Posted at 05:00 AM ET, 11/27/2012

Fairfax board takes big step in removing planned road through Tysons Corner’s last green space
By Tom Jackman
A planned highway ramp through a Tysons Corner park is meeting resistance.

By Tom Jackman  |  05:00 AM ET, 11/27/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Tyson's Corner, Development, Fairfax County, Vienna | Tags:  Tysons Corner, Tysons forest, Old Courthouse Spring Branch park, Cathy Hudgins, Fairfax County

Posted at 01:38 AM ET, 11/06/2012

Spanx now have their own store in Tysons Corner
By Tom Jackman
A sign of Tysons’ cosmopolitan flair, or just another boutique in a mall?

By Tom Jackman  |  01:38 AM ET, 11/06/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Tyson's Corner, Development | Tags:  Spanx, Tysons Corner, Spanx store, Ann Blakely

Posted at 11:51 AM ET, 10/26/2012

Tysons’ last green space on verge of being saved
By Tom Jackman
A road through Old Courthouse Spring Branch forest may be nixed.

By Tom Jackman  |  11:51 AM ET, 10/26/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Tyson's Corner, Development, Vienna | Tags:  Tysons forest, Old Courthouse Spring Branch forest, Save Tysons Forest Coalition, Pam Konde, Cathy Hudgins, Tysons Corner

Posted at 11:08 AM ET, 07/31/2012

Titans of Tysons Corner meet, start building city
By Tom Jackman
New buildings from Macerich and Lerner are underway on Route 123 between the two malls.

By Tom Jackman  |  11:08 AM ET, 07/31/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Development, Tyson's Corner | Tags:  Tysons Corner, Lerner Enterprises, Macerich Co.

Posted at 04:04 AM ET, 06/04/2012

Tysons Corner’s last green space: Will it be paved to make way for Tysons City?
By Tom Jackman
Plans for an urban street grid may call for destroying a beloved park and important watershed.

By Tom Jackman  |  04:04 AM ET, 06/04/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Tyson's Corner, Development | Tags:  Tysons Corner, Fairfax County, Old Courthouse Spring Branch park

Posted at 03:00 AM ET, 09/26/2011

Tysons Corner City? Its past and its future
By Tom Jackman
Fairfax County wants 100,000 people to live in Tysons Corner, which would make it one of Virginia’s bigger cities, and between the Metro and planned development, it’s happening.

By Tom Jackman  |  03:00 AM ET, 09/26/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Tyson's Corner | Tags:  Tysons Corner, Virginia

Posted at 04:51 PM ET, 08/26/2011

Tysons Metro parking? Fuhgeddaboutit
By Tom Jackman
The four new Metro stations at Tysons Corner are only two years away. And there is NO parking planned for any of them. Zero. Fairfax County is working on renting parking space, but that’s only short-term.

By Tom Jackman  |  04:51 PM ET, 08/26/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Tyson's Corner, Metro, Development

Posted at 05:00 AM ET, 08/24/2011

Tysons Corner second hottest place for rich singles?
By Tom Jackman
Money magazine ranks the NoVa shopping and traffic mecca as the second best place in the land to meet rich single people. During work hours. In line at the mall. Huh?

By Tom Jackman  |  05:00 AM ET, 08/24/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Tyson's Corner | Tags:  Rich singles, Virginia

Posted at 05:36 PM ET, 06/16/2011

Tysons Corner: Now in Washington, D.C., Mattel says
By Tom Jackman
Thousands are expected for the grand opening of the new American Girl store in Tysons Corner Center, which Mattel repeatedly informs its fans is in Washington, D.C.

By Tom Jackman  |  05:36 PM ET, 06/16/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Tyson's Corner | Tags:  American Girl, Virginia