{"product_id":"walt-disney-and-the-promise-of-progress-city","title":"Walt Disney and the Promise of Progress City","description":"\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","brand":"None","offers":[{"title":"Couverture rigide","offer_id":46325768913106,"sku":"9798896091677","price":54.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/8980\/5233\/files\/1_613913e1-9b2a-4ca4-af37-cf38204be640.jpg?v=1762998754","url":"https:\/\/www.indigo.ca\/fr\/products\/walt-disney-and-the-promise-of-progress-city","provider":"Indigo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}