Talk:Pentagon City

Any more history about the area? Or is there much to tell besides the former industrial zones? I'm guessing it's only been called "Pentagon City" for a short period of time. FWIW I have an old street map (late '50s or so) that shows a point between present-day Pentagon City and Crystal City labeled as "South Washington." -- Gyrofrog (talk) 05:49, 2 December 2005 (UTC)

Property
There was a story floating around MCI in the early-1990s that the company owned the land under much of Pentagon City's core, including the two office towers at 601 and 701 S. 12th Street. The story went that MCI had to sell the property under the towers (PCY I and PCY II), which the company had built in the early 80s, in order to make the payroll. Anyone know if there's any truth to the tale? Seandc


 * Never heard of it before, but it seems highly unlikely to be true. SchuminWeb (Talk) 15:38, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

ANSWER: It sounds like you are hearing a warped version of the "true" Pentagon City. "Pentagon City" is the name of a secret underground bunker, the location of which is not known but it is probably either somewhere near the Pentagon or inside of the Pentagon. Since the 1980's all telephone companies are required to maintain a presence at "Pentagon City", and this is a part of America's civil defense system in the event of nuclear war. It's name has probably been changed since the 1980's, because people like me have known that name since the early 1990s. Just as the original name of what you today know as "Area 51" was "Paradise Ranch". That name was almost certainly also changed many years ago because people like me know it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.197.155.98 (talk) 21:04, 14 May 2018 (UTC)

Travel Guide/Sections need Expansion
Marked for cleanup, and expansion. Article advertises for shopping venues, and residential options. This reads more like an advertisement of the travel options and places to visit, than a informational article. There are two sections that particularly require expansion: Shopping and Residential... Should shopping even be a section? --TRL (talk) 02:57, 13 April 2009 (UTC)


 * There are plenty more residential options within the Pentagon City area, should any specifically be named (advertising)... either name them all, or name none. The shopping section again sounds very tour guide-ish, "please come visit our mall, and check out these apartments..."--TRL (talk) 19:55, 13 April 2009 (UTC)


 * I have added some of the other residential options in the area. Removed The River House complex, as it is part of Arlington Ridge.Arlington Ridge in Wikimapia. Removed the residential section expansion tag. The article still reads like a travel guide... due to the Shopping section.--TRL (talk) 21:15, 13 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Well, you realize that Pentagon City is notable for being a shopping district, and as such, it's kind of difficult, if not impossible, to not give that element of Pentagon City a significant section. SchuminWeb (Talk) 01:26, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
 * I live in Pentagon City. It is much more than a shopping district and contains a much larger variety than it is often credited. I have removed the marking as I expanded. The marking was added to remind for followup, and encourage others to be bold.--TRL (talk) 23:43, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Requested move

 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section. 

The result of the move request was: moved: no explicit dissent. DrKiernan (talk) 08:58, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

– I think that the city is the primary topic of the name. Both the metro stop and the mall are merely locations within the city (in fact, the metro stop is at the mall). bd2412 T 18:33, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Pentagon City, Arlington, Virginia → Pentagon City
 * Pentagon City → Pentagon City (disambiguation)


 * Support. The mall is already titled under its actual name. This subject got 4,269 page views in the last 90 days, the station 2,746. The Washington metro stations all have horrific "(WMATA station)" pre-disambiguators anyway. Kauffner (talk) 17:53, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Support. But please remember that if you move this article to Pentagon City make sure that you move the current text on the Pentagon City page to Pentagon City (disambiguation) creating a disambiguation page to all related article, don't just delete or remove the text there, it is important that a there be a disambiguation page. TheGoofyGolfer (talk) 18:14, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Comment, Surely this should be moved to Pentagon City, Virginia? Zarcadia (talk) 14:45, 18 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Pentagon City is a neighborhood in the city of Arlington, not an actual city of its own. Virginia is only one state containing a place called Pentagon City, so it needs no further modifier, like Miami or Boston or Dallas. bd2412  T 23:11, 21 October 2012 (UTC)
 * Support per above, no need to disambiguate here. postdlf (talk) 23:39, 21 October 2012 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.