Reston - a "New Town"

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In 1961, Robert E. Simon Jr. began developing 6,750 acres of Sunset Hills Farm as a community open to all races, ages, and incomes. Working with Simon, the architectural firm of Whittlesey & Conklin designed a "New Town." Construction of Lake Anne Village, its lake, central plaza, stores, and townhouses, began in 1963. With innovative zoning, Reston became one of the first master-planned communities in the United States, with residential clusters, mixed-use development, landscape conservation, ample recreational space, walking and biking trails, and public art. Reston received the American Institute of Certified Planners' National Landmark Award in 2002.

Department of Historic Resources, 2014

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References/Bibliographic Citation:

Dean, Andrea Oppenheimer and Allan Freeman. “Learning from Reston.” Landscape Architecture (March 2002). Huxtable, Ada Louise. “’Clusters’ Instead of ‘Slurbs’.” New York Times Magazine (9 February 1964). “Reston, Virginia.” Early planning document, Simon Enterprises, Developers, and Whittlesey & Conklin, Planners and Architects (May 1962). “Reston, An Answer to Suburban Sprawl: Urban Living in the Country.” Architectural Record (July 1964). “Reston Starts Year 2000 Plan.” Engineering News-Record (28 January 1965). Simon, Robert E. Jr., “Planning and Building a New Town.” Unpublished memorandum, n.d. (c. 1965). Von Eckardt, Wolf. “The Community: Could This Be Our Town?” The New Republic (7 November 1964). Von Eckardt, Wolf. “Planning for ‘Publick Concerns’,” Arts in Virginia vol. 7, no. 2 (Winter 1967).