Walt Disney and the Promise of Progress City

<p>The Story of Walt's EPCOT</p><p></p><p>Disney 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.</p><p></p><p>Beginning 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.</p><p></p><p>In Walt Disney and the Promise of Progress City you'll read about:</p><p></p><p>Walt's early attempts at physical entertainment with steam trains and Disneylandia</p><p>The building blocks of theme park design and how they were put to use in the creation of Disneyland</p><p>Why the Mineral King and Independence Lake projects failed</p><p>The real story of the Florida Project and why Walt didn't want to build another Disneyland in Florida</p><p>An in-depth look at what Walt hoped to accomplish with EPCOT and whether he could have done it</p><p>How EPCOT might have been built with Walt calling the shots: an eye-opening what-if analysis</p><p></p><p>Disney 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!</p><p></p>