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Tysons Galleria is an upscale shopping mall in McLean, Virginia (in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area), owned by Chicago based General Growth Properties. Below are some stores at the Galleria. Image File history File linksMetadata Tysons_galleria. ... A shopping mall (or simply mall), shopping center, or shopping arcade is a building or set of buildings that contain stores, and has interconnecting walkways enabling visitors to easily walk from store to store. ... McLean is a common surname and may refer to: Edward Beale McLean, former publisher of the Washington Post 1916-1933. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Nickname: DC, The District Motto: Justitia Omnibus (Justice for All) Location of Washington, D.C. in relation to the states Maryland and Virginia. ... Nickname: The Windy City, The Second City, Chi Town Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in Chicagoland and Illinois Coordinates: Country United States State Illinois Counties Cook, DuPage Incorporated March 4, 1837 Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area    - City 606. ... General Growth Properties NYSE: GGP is a publicly-traded real estate investment trust in the United States. ...


There are over 120 retailers and six upscale restaurants. Tysons Galleria opened across the street from the larger (and slightly less upscale) Tysons Corner Center in 1988. Tysons Galleria also being adjacent to Fairfax Sqaure with Gucci, Tiffany & Co., Hermes, and Louis Vuitton. Tysons Corner Center, located in Tysons Corner, Virginia opened to the public in 1968, becoming one of the first fully enclosed, climate controlled shopping centers in the Greater Washington Area. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Gucci, or the House of Gucci, is an Italian fashion and leather goods label. ... The outside of a Tiffany & Co. ... Hermes bearing the infant Dionysus, by Praxiteles Hermes (Greek IPA: ), in Greek mythology, is the Olympian god of boundaries and of the travellers who cross them, of shepherds and cowherds, of orators and wit, of literature and poets, of athletics, of weights and measures and invention and commerce in general... Louis vuitton was a great man he was born on fh 12 3845. ...


Around 2011, four Metro stations will open around the Tysons Corner area. The Tysons Central 123 station will provide riders easy access to this mall, along with Tysons Corner Center. The Washington Metro, or simply Metro, is the public transportation system of Washington, D.C., and neighboring suburban communities in Maryland and Virginia, both inside and outside the Capital Beltway. ... Tysons Corner is an unincorporated place located in Fairfax County, Virginia, near Washington, DC. Recognized by the U.S. Census Bureau as a census-designated place, the community had a total population of 18,540 as of the 2000 census. ... Tysons Central 123 is a planned Washington Metro station in Fairfax County, Virginia on the Silver Line. ... Tysons Corner Center, located in Tysons Corner, Virginia opened to the public in 1968, becoming one of the first fully enclosed, climate controlled shopping centers in the Greater Washington Area. ...

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Anchors

Macys is a chain of American department stores with its flagship store in Herald Square, New York City, which has been billed as the worlds largest store since completion of the Seventh Avenue addition in 1924. ... Categories: Stub | Retail companies of the United States ... A Saks Fifth Avenue store in Phipps Plaza, Atlanta. ...

Luxury Stores

Hugo Boss AG is a fashion house based in Germany, which specializes in menswear. ... A ladies Burberry handbag in the companys signature check pattern Burberry is a U.K. based outfitter, manufacturing clothing and other apparel, often in a distinctive check pattern, that has become one of its most common copied trademarks. ... Cartier SA is a jeweler and watch manufacturer that is a subsidiary of Compagnie Financière Richemont SA. Famed for its Panthère Collection, especially the infamous Bestiary - including the famous brooch of the 1940s made for Wallis Simpson and the first practical wristwatch the Santos. History The company Cartier... Chanel Headquarters, Place Vendôme, Paris. ... Max Mara, or The House of Max Mara, is an upscale, luxury Italian womens fashion house famous for their dresses and couture clothing. ... Salvatore Ferragamo (1898 - 1960) was one of the most influential footwear designers of the 20th century, providing Hollywoods glitterati with unique hand-made designs and spawning an emporium of luxury consumer goods for men and women, with stores in some of the most important cities of the world. ... Stuart Weitzman is the designer of the internationally famous, high-end shoe company, Stuart Weitzman Inc. ... The Tumi Logo Tumi is a manufacturer of suitcases and bags for travel. ... The Versace logo. ...

Midscale Stores

Winifred Ann Taylor, Baroness Taylor of Bolton, PC (born 2 July 1947) is a British politician, and was Labour Member of Parliament for Dewsbury until 2005. ... Anthropologie is a retailer of high-end casual clothing. ... Max Azria founded the clothing line BCBG in 1989. ... Coach Inc. ... Cole Haan began in Chicago in 1928. ... Eileen Fisher is an American womens retail clothing designer. ... J.Crew is a preppy mens and womens clothing and accessories company in the United States. ... The Lacoste logo Lacoste is a French owned apparel company, founded in 1933. ... Rocky Marciano was a boxer. ... Cover Time magazine Ralph Lauren (born Ralph Lifschitz on October 14, 1939) is an American fashion designer and business executive. ...

Restaurants

P.F. Changs China Bistro, Inc. ... Legal Sea Foods is a chain of seafood restaurants with 30 locations on the East Coast of the United States. ... The Cheesecake Factory, Inc. ...

Trivia

  • Scenes from the 1996 film First Kid were filmed at the Galleria.

First Kid is a motion picture from Walt Disney Pictures released in 1996. ...

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