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What the heck is “National Landing”? I’ve lived in this area for over a decade and that’s the first time I’ve heard the name.
by mikeash 8y ago
What the heck is “National Landing”? I’ve lived in this area for over a decade and that’s the first time I’ve heard the name.
- 6DM 8y ago"National Landing is the newly defined interconnected and walkable neighborhood that encompasses Crystal City, the eastern portion of Pentagon City and the northern portion of Potomac Yard. " https://nationallanding.com/ https://nationallanding.com/
- mikeash 8y agoOk, so Amazon is trying to declare these three areas to be one big neighborhood with a fancy new name. They certainly don’t think small! I don’t like the name but otherwise they make it sound pretty good.
- 6DM 8y agoAmazon didn't give the area's the name. The communities came together and gave the area a name as a kind of branding. "National Landing was coined in the joint Northern Virginia pitch to Amazon at the start of its search process last year." https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-13/amazon-picks-non-existent-neighborhood-in-virginia-for-offices https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-13/amazon-pi...
- dublinben 8y agoIt's not just you. Apparently they decided to create a new name for this announcement. https://www.washingtonian.com/2018/11/13/did-amazon-just-rename-crystal-city/ https://www.washingtonian.com/2018/11/13/did-amazon-just-ren...
- smcl 8y agoEven my google autocomplete couldn’t figure out out after I had typed “National Landi”. It seems this is some made up term to encompass a couple of areas of different towns. More here: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2018/11/13/did-amazon-just-change-crystal-city-to-national.amp.html https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bizjournals.com/washington/...
- scott_s 8y agoI just did a dive on that, too. I grew up in the area and I never heard that before.
- basseq 8y agoI'm skeptical at the choice of Crystal City. (Sorry, that's where it is, call it what you want.) I think being "urban" mattered a lot to them, and Crystal City has the most opportunity for a significant tenant to move in. But that "opportunity" is there because it's a secondary or tertiary choice for employers. Considering that 70%+ people are commuters, a) there are more desirable locations no matter where you're coming from, and b) there's no direct way to get there, other than Route 1, which is going to be a disaster. No major highways or arteries, Metro goes through Arlington first, etc. If you live in DC, you have to leave the city. If you live to the west, you'd prefer Dulles, Tysons, or Arlington. If you're to the south, it's Alexandria. To the north, Bethesda. To the west... probably Baltimore, or you have to drive all the way through DC.
- mtberatwork 8y agoAgreed, Crystal City is a terrible choice if you are trying to attract talent in the DMV. Who wants to make that commute? Not sure why they didn't choose Dulles - more space, new metro infrastructure, Dulles airport access and existing AWS offices and data centers.
- jocro 8y ago>Not sure why they didn't choose Dulles Dulles is no better of a commute for most people in the DMV, especially those that want to live within the DC/Arlington area.
- mtberatwork 8y agoWell, there is no good commute in the DMV for one, but Dulles/Herndon/Tysons at least has new metro stops and more highway infrastructure than to Crystal City. Plus, Google, Oracle, Microsoft, AWS, et al are all already off the Dulles toll road. If you are in tech, there is a high probability you are headed out that direction anyway.
- empath75 8y agoBut it’s not next to the pentagon.