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Reston Town Center was conceived and planned starting in the late 1970s by Mobil Land Development for approximately 460 acres (190 ha) of undeveloped land near Washington Dulles International Airport. [3] Construction of the town center began in 1988, over 20 years after the founding of Reston in 1964 by Robert E. Simon.
The Reston Community Orchestra, launched in 1988, also offers regular performances throughout the year, generally at the Reston Community Center. [48] In the summer, free public concerts are offered at both Reston Town Center [49] and at Lake Anne Plaza. [50]
Reston Town Center station (preliminary name Reston Parkway) [3] is a rapid transit station on the Silver Line of the Washington Metro in Reston, an unincorporated area in Northern Virginia. It opened on November 15, 2022.
Lake Anne Center was the first village center created in the planned community, and features a mix of commercial and residential buildings around a plaza and inlet of Lake Anne, a man-made reservoir. The village center was designed by Reston's master planner and architect James Rossant of New York City for Robert E. Simon and built 1963–67.
It was built in 1962 and named after Anne W. Simon, the spouse of Robert E. Simon, Reston's founder. [1] The contents of the lake come mainly from rainfall and surface runoff, as well as underground springs. [2] Lake Anne is also the name of the historic village center that surrounds the lake. Lake Anne and its adjacent neighborhood form the ...
The headquarters of OSE is located in the Reston Town Center development in Reston, Virginia, in the former headquarters of the FBIS. [6] [7] The construction of the facility sparked some controversy in Reston, a planned community, due to the presence of a chained linked and barbed wire fence surrounding the buildings. In the late 1980s, the ...
Centerplate, Inc. is a food and beverage corporation serving entertainment venues in North America, and the UK. [3]Centerplate, formerly known as Volume Services America, Inc., was originally a division of Canteen Corp.
After graduating from Harvard University, Simon took over the family real estate management and development business. In 1961, with the proceeds from the sale of a family property, Carnegie Hall, Simon purchased 6,750 acres (27 km 2) of land in Fairfax County, Virginia and hired Conklin + Rossant [9] to develop a master plan for the new town of Reston, Virginia, a planned community well known ...