I am from Reston born and raised THANK U Robert E. Simon.

I lived in Reston as a child in the 70s and back then I knew there was something special about it. My brother and I used to ride the scenic bike paths there. We just loved it. There is a special place in my heart for Reston.

I've lived here for about a year now, and I LOVE it. It's nice to learn some of the history of this charming place. 💛

This is an absolute oasis of beautiful living! Thank you for this story.

i grew up in Reston in 60s and 70s and those images of Lake Anne Center really brings back memories. :-)

This is beautifully done. It is great to see history of the area. Thank you for the video.

Love reston been here since 1 978

I love that there is a documentary showcasing the city I love and live in. I am a little disappointed to see misspellings in some of the text (at least 3).

I lived in Reston in the early 70s to mid 80s, it was beautiful and a great place to live.

Simon told me Reston was to have been built far more densely and compactly with several times more people per acre. He indicated that he did not want the suburban style ranch houses on individual lots in south Reston. Additionally historians a hundred years from now will see Reston as part of the general trend toward sprawl. Designer sprawl but sprawl nonetheless. I believe if he were doing it over he might consider putting his 6500 acres in a land trust to save the Bay. Montgomery County preserved 93,000 acres of farmland and it is closer in to the city than Fairfax County where very few farms remain.

A special place indeed. One still hopes that it will be incorporated and become self-governing as Bob Simon intended, always hoped for. He achieved his amazing vision but the lesser political minds still have not caught up with his vision. They’ve kept their fiefdoms, but blocked our full potential!

What most people do not know is that a virus time bomb nearly detonated from Reston, West Virginia. It was described in the book: The Hot Zone by: Richard Preston.

Who is from 2020 here?

2:13 “brought” not “bought”

I used to go to the RTC all the time till they started charging me to park. Haven't been there in 16 mo now...

They all sold out.. signed a street kid.. YIP YIP YIP .. WHAT ABOUT THE FREE SCHOOL THEY HAD .. I WENT TO IT FOR A WHILE AND THEY SOLD OUT ALL. SPINLESS AND NO BACK BONE TO FOLLOW THROUGH. NICE CONCEPT.

I'm appalled by what Reston has become. There is way too much overdevelopment. The corrupt real estate developers and Fairfax county government are really ruining Reston. What happened? The glory days of Reston were in like- the 60s-80s; development actually made sense back then. Now it's out of control. It's comparable to Marco Island in FL. 90% of people who want development are just Maoists who came from somewhere like California or DC and have only been here for 0-6 years at best. I'm absolutely surprised Fairfax County's government goes off on President Trump, he's the pentagram of real estate development. I'm not even kidding, I bet some nutjobs probably have provisions to rename Reston to "Simongrad." The developers are their supporters are the scum of the earth. If you actually fight FOR development as much as Reclaim Reston fights against it, I got something for you. Go back to whatever dictatorship you were an expatriate in, and quit messing everything up.