Intriguing that Oxman has captured not one but two sci-fi shows with his work in Reston. Any other Stargate and Warehouse 13 fans here? The stargate has a metal iris that opens and people come through, which I see in Convergence at Aperture, and in WH13, they bronze certain people while they are still alive, as a means of preserving them, with the option to de-bronze, which can be a means of time travel, as it was with HG Wells. Now I'm thinking about Reston as Hill Valley. This place is fascinating.
Lady Bird that day in Reston was accompanied by Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas, who was close with the Johnsons. Fortas would resign from the SCOTUS in 1969 after it was revealed that he accepted money from a Wall Street financier while on the bench.
The Wiehle house is currently referred to by employees as the Manor House. The porch is on the back of the house (the modern photo shows the front; the older image shows the back). It still has beautiful architectural details inside.
As former Reston resident and property owner with family still in the area, I found this video fascinating. Do you have plans for more videos or open-house events now that Covid appears to be subsiding?
A special place indeed. One still hopes that it will be incorporated and become self-governing as Bob Simon intended, always hoped for. He achieved his amazing vision but the lesser political minds still have not caught up with his vision. They’ve kept their fiefdoms, but blocked our full potential!
One could only hope that all the money spent on science would have eliminated the need for a stadium size parking lot by now and instead utilize the space in a more self sustainable way, focusing on people and the pursuit of their happiness within a community.
From 1978 to 1987, I backed up to the distillery on Ivy Oak Square. Absolutely loved that location and the wonderful smell of when liquor was being processed as it smelled like bread baking.
Really enjoyed this, especially the prospective artwork at the end. Don't know that I've seen those before. Wish development had continued more along those lines, with an emphasis on artistic playgrounds, trails, walking to/from work, and horse facilities rather than medium- and high-rises with neon signage and lousy pedestrian connections.
It's a start, but would have liked to see more angles (know there are more photos of the original HW out there) and would have liked to hear more about why it was redeveloped so differently from its original design (I know it's at least in part because of safety concerns). Also, no mention was made of the library being there temporarily, or of the events that took place there :( Was such an integral part of living there in the '70s and even early '80s.
Hi Arielle, thanks for commenting! Keep a lookout later this week for our history map that we will be launching on our website. We will have additional photos of Hunters Woods Village Center which will also address some of the shops that have been there over the years. What were some of your favorite events there?
@@RestonMuseum sounds good! The carnival and the white elephant sales were fun. There was at least one art show. Going to Baskin-Robbins and the library in general. Fritzbe's. The Community Center opening/time capsule (remember the latter; don't remember if they were the same day or not; I was still a kid). And I have very vague memories of the tiny round pond/fountain before it got filled in and became a planter (people were supposedly throwing too much trash into it >:( ). If you aren't already in the group, I recommend joining Reston, Remember When on FB (facebook.com/groups/522815167750684/). Old Hunters Woods stuff and other long-gone places come up in there rather a bit. Some repetitive, some not so much. Expect there's some info and some human resources the Museum could find useful.
Nice to see it up close like that - has been a while. Next time things are updated/upgraded, how about changing out the glass to a more anti-glare version?
Goodman also designed the clubhouse at Reston North Golf Course (now the Hidden Creek Golf Course). Goodman’s original building has been extremely altered.
What most people do not know is that a virus time bomb nearly detonated from Reston, West Virginia. It was described in the book: The Hot Zone by: Richard Preston.
That was 50 years ago. Things had change now, specially after Robert Simon die in 2015. Now developers are trying to demolish many of the low income apartments to replaced with luxury apartments and houses. Even the golf course, a tradition and land mark in Reston, is under danger for the same reason. Money over tradition.
They all sold out.. signed a street kid.. YIP YIP YIP .. WHAT ABOUT THE FREE SCHOOL THEY HAD .. I WENT TO IT FOR A WHILE AND THEY SOLD OUT ALL. SPINLESS AND NO BACK BONE TO FOLLOW THROUGH. NICE CONCEPT.
I'm appalled by what Reston has become. There is way too much overdevelopment. The corrupt real estate developers and Fairfax county government are really ruining Reston. What happened? The glory days of Reston were in like- the 60s-80s; development actually made sense back then. Now it's out of control. It's comparable to Marco Island in FL. 90% of people who want development are just Maoists who came from somewhere like California or DC and have only been here for 0-6 years at best. I'm absolutely surprised Fairfax County's government goes off on President Trump, he's the pentagram of real estate development. I'm not even kidding, I bet some nutjobs probably have provisions to rename Reston to "Simongrad." The developers are their supporters are the scum of the earth. If you actually fight FOR development as much as Reclaim Reston fights against it, I got something for you. Go back to whatever dictatorship you were an expatriate in, and quit messing everything up.
Simon told me Reston was to have been built far more densely and compactly with several times more people per acre. He indicated that he did not want the suburban style ranch houses on individual lots in south Reston. Additionally historians a hundred years from now will see Reston as part of the general trend toward sprawl. Designer sprawl but sprawl nonetheless. I believe if he were doing it over he might consider putting his 6500 acres in a land trust to save the Bay. Montgomery County preserved 93,000 acres of farmland and it is closer in to the city than Fairfax County where very few farms remain.
I lived in Reston as a child in the 70s and back then I knew there was something special about it. My brother and I used to ride the scenic bike paths there. We just loved it. There is a special place in my heart for Reston.
i lived there back in the 70's also has a child and used to walk the path to Lake Anne Center and go the Safeway that was there and the peoples drug store, Go Swimming at the pool at North Shore
I love that there is a documentary showcasing the city I love and live in. I am a little disappointed to see misspellings in some of the text (at least 3).
