Here's an excellent post on
Greater Greater Washington about two different approaches to developing Tysons. The LCOR development embraces smart growth while the Mitre office expansion (with parking garage) is stuck in the 1960s urban-renewal style development, centered around the automobile.
Two plans for Tysons Corner diverge on walkability
by Nikolai Fedak
July 28, 2011
"Several developers have submitted proposals to make parts of Tysons Corner more urban. Among the proposals for the Tysons East (or "Tysons-McLean" station, two stand out on either end of the walkable spectrum: an excellent project by LCOR and a terrible one by Mitre.
Rendering of LCOR plan. Image from Fairfax County. (provided via Greater Greater Washington)
Metro construction at Tysons East. Photo by fairfaxcounty on Flickr.
While not the most ambitious in scale, the proposal by developer LCOR for "The Commons of McLean" is certainly the most urban in scope. LCOR envisions an entirely residential development, and residents (plus ground-level retail) are what Tysons needs most..."
http://greatergreaterwashington.org/...n-walkability/