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Planned Community Archives collection, 1960-2009 #C0001

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Planned Community Archives collection, 1960-2009 #C0001

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The Planned Community Archives collection is the largest collection of records pertaining to Reston, Virginia in the University Libraries. The materials in the collection were collected and assembled by Planned Community Archives, Inc. (PCA), of Reston, Va. PCA was a non-profit organization comprised of individuals dedicated to collecting records documenting the origins of planned communities for scholarly study. The materials were placed on deposit at George Mason University Libraries beginning in 1986. The collection consists of a variety of materials relating to planned communities across the United States with a particular emphasis on the planned community of Reston, Virginia, and international communities as well. The collection includes correspondence, reports, promotional material, brochures, newspapers, videotapes, slides, photographs, architectural drawings, and blueprints and is dated from 1960 to 2009.

Creator

George Mason University Libraries

Language

English

Coverage

1960s - 2000s

Items from the Planned Community Archives collection, 1960-2009 #C0001 Collection

Welcome to Reston an open community
Poster proclaiming: "Welcome to Reston, an open community". Poster shows a Janus-type figure with light- colored face on the left and a dark-colored one on the right.
Washington Plaza, Lake Anne Village, construction
Image of Washington Plaza and Lake Anne Village under construction. Image is taken from the perspective of the seawall at Washington Plaza looking east. To the left and right, the Whittlesey and Conklin townhouses are under construction and directly…
The Village Center [Hunters Woods]
35 mm color slide of Hunters Woods Village Center drawing. This image is a plan for the Hunter Woods Village Center. Image shows placement and arrangement of shops and offices and landscape design features from an overhead perspective.
H[unters] W[oods] site plan
35 mm color slide of site plan for Hunters Woods Village Center. This image shows placement and arrangement of the center, landscape design features, and placement of apartments from an overhead perspective.
Hunters Woods Village center architectural model [#1}
35 mm color slide of Hunters Woods Village Center architectural model. shows placement and arrangement of shops and offices, landscape design, and housing features from an overhead perspective. Slide is dated January 1970, 1 3/8" x 15/16", color.
Doctors offices, Hunter Woods Village Center sketch
Sketch showing an interior part of the planned Hunters Woods Village Center.
Hunters Woods Village center architectural model, [#2]<br />
35 mm color slide of Hunters Woods Village Center architectural model. shows placement and arrangement of shops and offices, parking, landscape design, and high rise housing. features from an overhead perspective.
Children playing at Tall Oaks Village Center
Photograph showing children playing on a wooden bridge at Tall Oaks Village Center. Behind them are the Village Center buildings and sculpture pieces.
Tall Oaks Village Center
35 mm color slide showing the Tall Oaks Village Center. This image shows landscaping, buildings, and a courtyard with visitors walking nearby.
South Lakes Village Center drawing
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.
South Lakes Village Center
35 mm color slide showing the South Lakes Village Center. This image shows landscaping, buildings, parking and visitors to the center.
Tall Oaks Village Center, aerial view
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.
Courtyard, Tall Oaks Village Center
35 mm color slide of a courtyard atTall Oaks Village Center. Image shows shops and offices, landscape, and visitors to the center.
Sculpture, Tall Oaks Village Center
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.
Town houses and landscape, Tall Oaks Village
Photograph showing town houses at Tall Oaks Village.
Woman and child at a playground, Tall Oaks Village
Photograph showing a woman and young child on a playground at Tall Oaks Village.
Tall Oaks Village town houses and apartments as seen from the east
Aerial photograph showing town houses and apartments at Tall Oaks Village.
Tall Oaks Village town houses, apartments, and Village Center as seen from the southeast
Aerial photograph showing townhouses and apartments at Tall Oaks Village with the Tall Oaks Village Center in upper left.
Pedestrian bridge at Tall Oaks Village Center
Photograph showing a pedestrian bridge at Tall Oaks Village Center.
Tall Oaks Village as seen from the northwest
Aerial photograph showing town houses and apartments at Tall Oaks Village with the Tall Oaks Village Center visible at right center.
Sheraton Reston hotel, Reston, Virginia, under construction
Aerial photograph of the construction of the Sheraton Reston hotel building in Reston, Virginia.
U.S. Geological Survey headquarters, Reston, Virginia
Aerial photograph of the newly completed U.S. Geological Survey headquarters building in Reston, Virginia.
Reston Town Center, Phase I drawing
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…
Crane lowering solar panels onto the roof of Terraset Elementary School, Reston Virginia
35 mm color slide of a crane lowering solar panels onto the roof of Terraset Elementary School, Reston Virginia.
Terraset Elementary School, Reston Virginia
35 mm color slide of the front entrance to Terraset Elementary School, Reston Virginia.