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Tysons Corner outside of D.C., along with Perimeter Center outside of Atlanta are two of the largest and most successful. They are also among the very few to be connected to their core cities by modern, heavy rail transit.
If Tyson's Corner does qualify as an edge city today, it won't be for long. The new mass transit is only the beginning of an effort to turn the area into it's own (not so little) downtown, with thousands of full time residents living and working in a new urbanish environment that has lots of restaurants, shops, and culture.
If Tyson's Corner does qualify as an edge city today, it won't be for long. The new mass transit is only the beginning of an effort to turn the area into it's own (not so little) downtown, with thousands of full time residents living and working in a new urbanish environment that has lots of restaurants, shops, and culture.
Exactly. Perimeter is also urbanizing rapidly, but it will always be an edge city.
Of the larger and more successful edge cities, Bellevue is the most urban by far. A more compact location and a gridded street network, versus Tyson's & Perimeter's more random and wandering farm-to-market set up makes all the difference.
The latest cool thing in Perimeter's evolution is State Farm connecting the first phase of its huge new complex directly to MARTA's Dunwoody Station:
OP, what a specific question. I've never even heard of an edge city before. Is this kind of city something that appeals to you or something you'd rather avoid? Or are you comparing just for fun/curiosity?
Exactly. Perimeter is also urbanizing rapidly, but it will always be an edge city.
Of the larger and more successful edge cities, Bellevue is the most urban by far. A more compact location and a gridded street network, versus Tyson's & Perimeter's more random and wandering farm-to-market set up makes all the difference.
The latest cool thing in Perimeter's evolution is State Farm connecting the first phase of its huge new complex directly to MARTA's Dunwoody Station:
Really out of all the names being thrown around here, five (Bellevue, Tyson's Corner, Century City, Irvine and Perimeter Center) truly qualify as edge cities. Cities like Clayton, MO and Concord, NC were already established as towns when they were subsumed by a nearby growing metro. Their respective origins:
Bellevue - rural and largely inaccessible outpost across Lake Washington from Seattle.
Tyson's Corner - rural crossroads between McLean and Vienna.
Century City - ranchland, owned at one time by silent actor Tom Mix.
Irvine - also ranchland.
Perimeter Center - dairy farm.
Their current state of development built off of the following:
Bellevue - Outdoor shopping center.
Tyson's Corner - mall.
Century City - movie studio (big surprise).
Irvine - railroad freight stop for surrounding farms and ranches.
Perimeter Center - mall.
Rosslyn = business center/downtown
Clean = check
Safe = check
Business friendly = check
Airport = National Airport
Malls/Shopping = Pentagon City and the Orange Line Corridor
Rosslyn = business center/downtown
Clean = check
Safe = check
Business friendly = check
Airport = National Airport
Malls/Shopping = Pentagon City and the Orange Line Corridor
I think the Rosslyn-Ballston corridor would qualify.
Really out of all the names being thrown around here, five (Bellevue, Tyson's Corner, Century City, Irvine and Perimeter Center) truly qualify as edge cities. Cities like Clayton, MO and Concord, NC were already established as towns when they were subsumed by a nearby growing metro.
I think you might be confusing Clayton with a city like St. Charles, MO. There was no such thing as Clayton when the city and county divorced in 1876. The city's name comes from the guy who donated the farmland on which the new county courthouse could be built since it needed to relocate out of the city of St. Louis. It grew slowly over the decades, but all Clayton was prior to the 1940s was a quaint suburb that was immediately adjacent to St. Louis. It didn't morph into the fairly urban suburb that we know today until its zoning laws were changed and the highrises started construction in the 50s and 60s.
Clayton is a suburb that turned into an edge city with the concentration of St. Louis County Government there. Towson, Maryland near Baltimore is very similar in appearance and function
As for the OP:
University City, San Diego
Tysons Corner was considered to be one of the first Edge Cities when the coin was termed in the late 80s
Warner Center in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles
Century City in Los Angeles
Perimeter Center near Atlanta
Arguably, Alpharetta as more tech companies move there, but that was a suburb that the growth came to, and it doesn't have a concentrated center of businesses
The Woodlands, TX near Houston
Uptown/Galleria Area in Houston is technically an edge city
Energy Corridor
Las Colinas in Irving between Dallas and Fort Worth
Could the North Dallas Tollway Corridor that covers everything from the Galleria area by 635 through Addison, West Plano, and up to the Stonebriar Centre area in Frisco be considered a linear Edge City?
Telecom Corridor along US 75 in Richardson, Texas north of Dallas
Arguably, Alpharetta as more tech companies move there, but that was a suburb that the growth came to, and it doesn't have a concentrated center of businesses
The Cumberland/Galleria area should also be included for Atlanta.
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