{"product_id":"walt-disney-and-the-promise-of-progress-city-hardcover","title":"Walt Disney and the Promise of Progress City - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSam Gennawey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eWerner Weiss\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Story of Walt's EPCOT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisney historian and urban planner Sam Gennawey traces the evolution of the EPCOT we didn't get and the Epcot we did, in a tour-de-force analysis of Walt's vision for city-building and how his City of Tomorrow might have turned out had he lived.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeginning with Walt's earliest conceptions for \"Progress City\", a centrally planned, centrally run community where people could work, live, and play, Gennawey weaves urban planning concepts into a meticulously researched historical narrative that culminates in Walt's death and his brother Roy's decision to focus on building a new theme park in Florida, not an Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Walt Disney and the Promise of Progress City, you'll read about: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWalt's early attempts at \"physical entertainment\" with steam trains and Disneylandia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe building blocks of theme park design, and how they were put to use in the creation of Disneyland\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy the Mineral King and Independence Lake projects failed\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe real story of the Florida Project, and why Walt didn't want to build another Disneyland in Florida\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn in-depth look at what Walt hoped to accomplish with EPCOT, and whether he could have done it\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow EPCOT might have been built, with Walt calling the shots: an eye-opening what-if analysis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisney Legend Marty Sklar says that Gennawey \"captured much of the attitude and events of the times, and hit on much of Walt's drive and inspiration\", and Lee Cockerell, a former Walt Disney World executive vice-president, says, \"I thought I knew a lot about Epcot until I read Walt Disney and the Promise of Progress City\". Find out what Walt really had in mind for tomorrow!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 260\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 25, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47510884483325,"sku":"9798896091677","price":61.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/REtrdzT9oE9798896091677.webp?v=1778183603","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/walt-disney-and-the-promise-of-progress-city-hardcover","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}