Editing Tysons, Virginia (section)

==History==
===19th century===
Known originally as Peach Grove, the area received the designation "Tysons Crossroads" after the [[American Civil War|Civil War]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/before-it-was-a-concrete-jungle-tysons-corner-was-a-tiny-crossroads/2014/12/13/0d3213d0-822e-11e4-81fd-8c4814dfa9d7_story.html |title=A look at the beginnings of Virginia's Tysons Corner |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=2018-07-20 |language=en}}</ref> William Tyson, a [[Maryland]] native from [[Cecil County, Maryland|Cecil County]], purchased a tract of land from [[A. Lawrence Foster]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ghostsofdc.org/2015/02/23/tysons-corner-name-history/|title=Why Is It Named Tysons Corner? - Ghosts of DC|website=ghostsofdc.org|date=23 February 2015|language=en-US|access-date=2018-02-19}}</ref> Tyson served as postmaster of the now discontinued Peach Grove Post Office from 1854 to 1866.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/branches/vr/timeline2.htm|title=Timeline of Fairfax County History&nbsp;- Fairfax County, Virginia|access-date=13 April 2017}}</ref>

===20th century===
As recently as the 1950s, Tysons was a quiet rural intersection flanked by a few small stores and a fruit stand operated by the Tyson descendants, who sold apples and apple cider from the corner of their property. In 1963, the Tysons area moved from a country crossroads to a giant commercial urban area with the awarding of contracts at the interchange of [[Virginia State Route 7|VA Route 7]] and [[Virginia State Route 123|VA Route 123]].

In 1962, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors approved the [[Tysons Corner Shopping Center]], now Tysons Corner Center, which was planned to be {{convert|88.13|acre|m2}} within a {{convert|150|acre|km2}} triangle bordered by [[Virginia State Route 123|Chain Bridge Road]], [[Leesburg Pike]], and the [[Interstate 495 (Capital Beltway)|Capital Beltway]]. Developers proclaimed it the largest enclosed mall in the world when it opened on July 25, 1968.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gfhs.org/local_lore/senese_01.htm |title=Historians Tackled History of Tysons Corner |last1=Senese |first1= Donald J. |publisher=Great Falls Historical Society |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151220161840/http://www.gfhs.org/local_lore/senese_01.htm |archive-date=2015-12-20 }}</ref>

===21st century===
[[File:Line at the opening of first Apple Store in America.jpg|thumb|A line for the opening of the world's first [[Apple Store]] at [[Tysons Corner Center]] in 2001]]
In the early 21st century, an influx of technology companies into [[Northern Virginia]] led to new office buildings and hotels to the landscape. The rapid growth of Tysons in comparison to other locations near the Capital Beltway has been the topic of numerous studies.<ref name="Ceruzzi">{{cite book|last=Ceruzzi|first=Paul E.|author-link=Paul E. Ceruzzi|title=Internet Alley: High technology in Tysons Corner, 1945–2005|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XTgE5W3njl0C&q=Internet%20Alley%3A%20High%20Technology%20in%20Tysons%20Corner%2C%201945-2005&pg=PR4|year=2008|publisher=MIT Press|location=Cambridge, Mass|isbn=978-0-262-03374-9}}</ref> One factor was the aggressive promotion of Tysons by Earle Williams, for many years the CEO of the defense contracting firm [[Braddock Dunn & McDonald]].<ref name="Ceruzzi"/> Tysons serves as a downtown of [[Fairfax County, Virginia|Fairfax County]], with one quarter of all office space and one eighth of all retail in the county, despite occupying just 1% of the county. It is an auto-oriented [[edge city]] with severe traffic congestion, and faces competition from the urban areas of [[Arlington County, Virginia|Arlington]] and newer suburban edge cities such as [[Dulles, Virginia|Dulles]].

In 2008, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to begin a 40-year plan to urbanize Tysons around the coming four stops of [[Washington Metro]]'s [[Silver Line (Washington Metro)|Silver Line]] in the vein of neighboring [[Arlington County, Virginia|Arlington County]]'s [[Arlington County, Virginia#Development patterns|Rosslyn-Ballston corridor]].<ref name="Rosslyn, Ballston" /> A preliminary estimate from the Fairfax County Department of Transportation suggested that $7.83 billion in transportation infrastructure projects would be necessary to transform Tysons Corner into a high-density urban center from 2010 to 2050, most of which would be allocated to both construction phases of the Silver Line. Existing plans call for construction of a grid layout for streets around the rail stations, projected to cost $742 million. An additional $1 billion will be spent on further transit and street grid projects from 2030 to 2050.<ref name="15billion">[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/29/AR2009102904426.html Tysons will need $15 billion – 'with a B'] ''[[The Washington Post]]''</ref>

In November 2012, the county approved Arbor Row, a {{convert|2500000|ft|m|0|abbr=on}} mixed-used development of office and residential high-rises, ground-floor retail, and underground parking near the Tysons Corner (now {{wmata|Tysons}}) station.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://citylinepartners.com/index.php/redeveloping/arbor-row|title=Arbor Row|access-date=13 April 2017}}</ref> In April 2013, the county approved [[Scotts Run|Scotts Run Station South]], a {{convert|6700000|ft|m|0|abbr=on}} development containing 17 buildings, including six office and residential buildings, one hotel, and ground-floor retail near the [[McLean (WMATA station)|McLean Station]]. This development alone will be larger than [[Reston Town Center]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/fairfax-county-board-approves-scotts-run-development-in-tysons/2013/04/17/75d5735a-a61b-11e2-b029-8fb7e977ef71_story.html|title=Fairfax County board approves Scotts Run development in Tysons|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=13 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://citylinepartners.com/index.php/redeveloping/scottsrun|title=Scotts Run Station|access-date=13 April 2017}}</ref>

Ahead of the Washington Metro [[Silver Line (Washington Metro)|Silver Line]] opening in mid-2014, the [[Fairfax County Board of Supervisors]] and the Tysons Partnership, a nonprofit association that represents the area's stakeholders, began rebranding the area as simply "Tysons", dropping "Corner" from the name. The change started as a matter of convenience, but later took hold to market the change in the area's character, according to members of the board. The change was unofficial at the time, and either "Tysons" or "Tysons Corner" could be used in addresses.<ref name="tysons">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/tysons-corner-is-unofficially-dropping-the-corner-from-its-name/2012/10/04/2baa23c8-0e4c-11e2-bd1a-b868e65d57eb_story.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130328032308/http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2012-10-04/local/35501790_1_tysons-corner-business-cards-executive-director|url-status=live|archive-date=March 28, 2013|title=Tysons Corner is unofficially dropping the 'corner' from its name|first=Corinne|last=Reilly|author2=Victor Zapana|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=October 4, 2012}}</ref> But in November 2015, the U.S. Census Bureau announced the CDP's name would officially be changed to Tysons as of the next summer.<ref name="namechange">{{cite news|url=http://wtop.com/fairfax-county/2015/11/tysons-to-officially-drop-corner-from-name-in-census-bureau-decision/|title=Tysons to officially drop 'Corner' from name in Census Bureau decision|first=Sara|last=Gilgore|work=WTOP.com}}</ref>

Tysons is seen as a modern prototype of an edge city. In its 40-year history, it has been given substantial redevelopment offers for the next 20 to 30 years.{{sfn|Phelps|2012|p=671}} The area has seen growing interest as plans to make it an [[urban area|urban]] center were begun in 2010. Private-sector development in the [[United States]] in combination with political groups have begun the planning process behind the redevelopment of Tysons.{{sfn|Phelps|2012|p=679}} Two forces are at work in the creation of an edge city, as it can be beneficial to both parties. With the redevelopment process taking place there has been an aggressive push to bring in businesses to Tysons. Edge cities such as Tysons have specific regional accessibility that has been enhanced by major projects funded by federal and state governments.{{sfn|Phelps|2012|p=679}} One of the bigger enhancements to transportation specifically to Tysons was the construction "of the [[Washington Dulles International Airport]] and an associated access road and the [[Capital Beltway]] but also expansions to state roads".{{sfn|Phelps|2012|p=679-680}}

The plan remains to see Tysons become Fairfax County's downtown core.{{sfn|Phelps|2012|p=683}} So far, "eight districts have been delimited, with four centered on new metro stations being transit-oriented development districts".{{sfn|Phelps|2012|p=683}} Future plans for transportation around the area continue to be made. "The aims of the plan are for 75% of development to be within half a mile of metro stations, an urban center of 200,000 jobs and 100,000 residents, a jobs balance of 4.0 per household".{{sfn|Phelps|2012|p=683}}