Just a few decades ago, Tysons Corner was dominated by dairy farms and gravel pits. Today, it's where businesses govern the world's Internet traffic, assist the American government in military planning, carry out security analysis, and more. Join Kojo for a look at how everything from the local politics of land use to the impact of the postwar movement on central cities affected the development of Tysons Corner and its Internet Alley.
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Tyson's Corner Tech Corridor
Listen Tuesday, May. 20, 2008 at 12:32 p.m. in Economy, Science, Tech Tuesday, Technology
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Paul Ceruzzi
Curator of Aerospace Electronics and Computing at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum
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