Achieving the Vision for Tysons: Jobs/Housing Balance and Grid of Public Streets

Dolley Madison Apartments at Tysons
Achieving the Vision for Tysons:
Jobs/Housing Balance and
Grid of Public Streets
March 11, 2010
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30 acres – largest residential consolidation in single
ownership
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Within ½ mile convenient walk to Metro and major employers,
including Mitre, Northrop Grumman and Capital One
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Surrounded by more intense uses and gated communities
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Replace:
With:
Suburban, horizontal, auto-oriented uses
with excessive surface parking
Urban, transit-oriented residential
neighborhoods with structured parking
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Holly Ridge Drive
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Existing private parking lots and travel aisles used as cutthrough between Old Meadow and Magarity Roads
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Cut-through traffic will increase exponentially with Metro and
redevelopment along Old Meadow Road
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Transportation Plan predicated on grid of public streets by
2020 (Draft Tysons Plan, Table 8)
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Holly Ridge Drive
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Compelling opportunity to create an urban residential
neighborhood within walking distance of Metro
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Size of consolidation enables tapering of intensity and two
acres for active recreation
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Draft Plan offers no incentives for residential development and
discourages redevelopment with new burdens
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