Reston (Virginia)
| Reston | |
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 Location in Fairfax County
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| Basic data | |
| Foundation : | April 10, 1964 |
| State : | United States |
| State : | Virginia |
| County : | Fairfax County |
| Coordinates : | 38 ° 57 ′ N , 77 ° 21 ′ W |
| Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) |
| Residents : | 58,404 (as of 2010) |
| Population density : | 1,315.4 inhabitants per km 2 |
| Area : | 45.0 km 2 (approx. 17 mi 2 ) of which 44.4 km 2 (approx. 17 mi 2 ) is land |
| Height : | 100 m |
| Postcodes : | 20190, 20191, 20194 |
| Area code : | +1 703 |
| FIPS : | 51-66672 |
| GNIS ID : | 1499951 |
| Website : | www.reston.org |
Reston is a community-free planned town in western Fairfax County , Virginia . In 2010 a census showed a total population of 58,404 inhabitants. Although comparatively small, Reston is the seat of the American Society of Civil Engineers , the National Wildlife Federation , the US Geological Survey and the BwKdo US / CA .
Reston tries to adhere to a strict zoning plan, in which even the color and paint manufacturer for house cladding are prescribed in detail. A “Design Review Board” acts as the approval authority for changes. However, due to the time-consuming bureaucratic process required for approval by the body, many residents ignore the official regulation.
The city is the seat of the Bundeswehr administrative center for the USA and Canada .
history
Reston was designed as a planned town by real estate entrepreneur Robert E. Simon (1914–2015) and named after his initials on his 50th birthday, April 17, 1964. Reston is the first planned city built in the USA after the Second World War , which resulted in a revival of the planned city concept ( New Urbanism ). Simon's planning provided for the use of building complexes with high residential density to maintain large, open areas. These areas should then be used for various purposes, such as use by business, industry, but also education and leisure activities. The first section built, Anne Plaza Lake, was modeled on a European settlement built on a lake. Through this careful planning, Reston received large wooded areas and various streams, but no floodplains, as Reston was built in the middle of oak, maple, sycamore and Virginia pine forests.
In 1989, monkeys imported from the Philippines and billeted in the Hazleton Research Products (HRP) primate quarantine station showed signs of hemorrhagic fever . The cause was initially suspected to be the Simian virus, which is devastating to monkeys but harmless to humans. After sending a sample to USAMRIID , the inducing virus turned out to be the much more dangerous Ebola . The previously unknown strain found here differs from the other Filoviridae because, unlike them, it does not have any pathogenic effects on humans. This strain was named as Ebola Reston. Based on this incident, Richard Preston later authored the book Hot Zone , which National Geographic made into a mini-series in 2019 as The Hot Zone .
On 21 October 2015, the city called the occasion of the journey of Marty McFly to this date in the movie Back to the Future Part II in Hill Valley has to offer.
Population development
| year | Residents¹ |
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| 1980 | 36,407 |
| 1990 | 48,556 |
| 2000 | 56,407 |
| 2005 | 60,000 |
¹ 1980–2000: census results; 2005: estimate
Infrastructure
Reston is 15 minutes from Washington Dulles International Airport and has four exits onto Dulles Toll Road , which divides the city along a west-northwest-to-east-southeast axis:
- the Fairfax County Parkway , which crosses the west side of Reston north-south,
- the Reston Parkway through downtown
- the Wiehle Avenue which arc passes through the northeastern residential area,
- and Hunter Mill Road on the eastern city limits with Vienna .
Office buildings are mainly located along Sunrise-Valley-Drive in the south and Sunset Hills Road in the north of the city.
As soon as the Metrorail system is extended from West Falls Church to Dulles Airport, Reston will have two stops: the first Wiehle - Reston East opened on July 26, 2014. The second named Reston Town Center near the Reston Parkway / Toll Road intersection is to follow in phase 2 of the expansion in 2019-2020. Until then, the county has various express bus services that run on weekdays between the free parking areas and the West Falls Church Metrorail stop . Reston itself also has an internal bus system (RIBS).
geography
Reston is at 38 ° 57'16 "north and 77 ° 20'47" west latitude.
According to the US Census Bureau , Reston covers a total area of 45 km², of which 44.4 km² is land and 0.5 km² is water, which corresponds to a share of 1.21%. Reston has four man-made lakes: Lake Anne, Lake Audubon, Lake Newport, and Lake Thoreau. Another man-made lake, Lake Fairfax, is partially on Reston's area, but is counted as part of the county's park areas.
Education
There is a secondary school in the Reston city limits , South Lakes High School . The only middle school is located in the same area: Langston Hughes Middle School . In addition, Reston has a number of elementary schools
- Dogwood Elementary School
- Hunters Woods Elementary School for the Arts and Sciences
- Sunrise Valley Elementary School
- Terraset Elementary School
- Forest Edge Elementary School
- Buzz Aldrin Elementary School
- Lake Anne Elementary School
- Neil Armstrong Elementary School
- Reston Montessori School
Reston does not operate universities, with the University of Phoenix having a campus in Reston.
Demographics
At the 2000 census there were 56,407 inhabitants in 23,320 households. The population density is 1,270 inhabitants per km². There are 24,210 residential complexes with an average density of 545 per km². The median annual income for a household is $ 80,018 and that of a family is $ 94,061. Males have a median income of $ 70,192 versus $ 45,885 for females. The city's per capita income is $ 42,747. 4.5% of the population and 3.2% of families live below the poverty line. 6.1% of the total population are under 18 years of age and 7.0% of those over 65 years of age. Part of the living space is reserved for social buildings.
sons and daughters of the town
- Benny Blanco (* 1988), producer and songwriter
Web links
- Reston Association (English)
- History Reston (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bundeswehr administrative offices abroad at www.iud.bundeswehr.de
- ^ Reston (Temporarily) Changes Name to Hill Valley to Celebrate 'Back to the Future' Day . October 20, 2015. Accessed October 23, 2015.
- ↑ Metro launches Silver Line, largest expansion of region's rail system in more than two decades. (No longer available online.) WMATA, July 25, 2014, archived from the original on August 1, 2014 ; accessed on July 27, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
