Walt Disney and the Theme Park CityCompleted as part of CRP5190: History and Theory of Urban Spatial Development, taught by Dr. Thomas Campanella, this paper lays out the history of Walt Disney's plan for the Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow in Central Florida. Disney's personal ideology, academic influences, and building history are assessed against the political negotiations for the broader Florida Project to analyze the reasons for the plan's eventual dissolution shortly after Disney's death in 1966.
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