Cut-Rate City

Thoughts on outlet-mall urbanism

I’m interested in towns and cities—and in things that try to look or feel like towns and cities. A couple of weeks ago I wrote about Reston Town Center, a development out in western Fairfax County, Virginia that features high-rise buildings and mixed uses (apartments, condos, offices, restaurants, stores, a hotel, a park/square.) It’s not a “real” city,…