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Photograph showing the front entrance to Terraset Elementary School, Reston, Virginia while under construction.

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Aerial photograph showing townhouses and apartments at Tall Oaks Village with the Tall Oaks Village Center in upper left.

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Aerial photograph showing town houses and apartments at Tall Oaks Village.

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35 mm color slide of Tall Oaks Village Center from an overhead perspective. Image shows shops and offices, a courtyard, parking, landscape, and access road.

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35 mm color slide showing the Tall Oaks Village Center. This image shows landscaping, buildings, and a courtyard with visitors walking nearby.

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Aerial photograph showing town houses and apartments at Tall Oaks Village with the Tall Oaks Village Center visible at right center.

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Aerial photograph of the Sunset Hills property as seen from the southwest. The portion purchased by Robert E. Simon, Jr's company to build Reston has been outlined in a heavy white line. Labelled in this photograph are: the Washington and Old…

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Photograph showing buildings and pond on the A. Smith Bowman family's Sunset Hills Farm looking toward the east.

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This aerial photograph shows townhomes located just southeast of South Lakes Drive on Lake Audubon. Part of Lake Thoreau and its dam can be seen in the top right.

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35 mm color slide showing a sketch of the South Lakes Village Center. This image shows landscaping, buildings, parking and a lake, most likely Lake Thoreau, in the background.

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35 mm color slide showing the South Lakes Village Center. This image shows landscaping, buildings, parking and visitors to the center.

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Aerial photograph of the construction of the Sheraton Reston hotel building in Reston, Virginia.

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Photostatic reproduction of a news release of August 20, 1969 announcing the release of the plans for the Hunter's Woods Village Center in the southwestern part of Reston.

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35 mm color slide of sculpture in a courtyard atTall Oaks Village Center. Image shows the wooden sculpture pieces, a wooden footbridge, landscaping, and shops and offices in the center.

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A segment from an oral history interview with Robert E. Simon originally conducted on December 1, 1986. In the segment Simon discusses the decision to develop a new town on the Sunset Hills property and how he initially learned about the offering of…

A segment from an oral history interview with Robert E. Simon originally conducted on December 1, 1986. In the segment Simon discusses the concept of housing clusters. Total run time for the segment is 1 minute, 29 seconds.

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Photograph of Robert E. Simon, Jr. at the DeLong Bowman House. Simon is sitting at a desk and studying planning materials.

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Photograph showing Robert E. Simon, Jr. (left) and Vernon Walker (right) escorting Lady Bird Johnson on a tour of Reston, Virginia on July 13, 1967. Secret Service agents can be seen in background.

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Letter from Robert C. Weaver of the Housing and Home Finance Agency, Washington, D.C. of December 26, 1962 to Robert E. Simon, Jr. In the letter Weaver expresses his interest in the Reston project and his agency's willingness to assist when Simon…

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Aerial photograph showing the Riding Center in Hunters Woods Village, Reston, Virginia. The stables can be seen at the bottom center of the image while the riding ring/polo ground is at the top center.

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Pocketed folder containing information on Lake Anne Village. Contains information on home builders in Reston, master plan, a map showing its location, contact, information for sales office, and the names of the architects of Lake Anne Village. 7…

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Booklet describing the future Hunters Woods Village Center. The booklet contains general information about Reston, as well as detailed information about the then-planned Hunters Woods Village Center. 15 pages.

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Advertisement in the form of a newsletter describing new Reston Land Corporation initiatives, such as North Point Village, advertisements for homebuilders and neighborhoods in Reston, amenities such as Reston Soccer, biographical sketches of Reston…

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Color leaflet detailing Phase 1 of the future Reston Town Center in terms of location, space, developer, architect, retail, parking, an other amenities. 2 sided folded into thirds.

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35 mm color slide of a drawing of the future Reston Town Center. This image shows the first phase of the Town Center depicted in full color against the light purple of the later stages of the development. Image shows building, landscape design, and…
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