Health Data Management's Disney's Latest Experiment - "[L]ike the wooden puppet Pinocchio, Disney's vision of "Celebration Health" will not come alive overnight."
MSNBC has created a wonderful resource, dedicated to Disney's Celebration - "When the Walt Disney Co. announced to the world that in Florida it would build an actual town for actual people - not cartoon characters or animatrons - and that this town would be a caring, sharing community with neighborliness penciled right into the blueprints, suffice it to say that this Disney vision was widely regarded as a, well - somewhat Goofy idea." This page contains links, images, and a solid discussion of Celebration's utopian Ancestry.
Waltopia - "The purpose of this site is: Through research and discussion to further the understanding and appreciation of Walt Disney and his vision of EPCOT, describe the various facets of Walt's EPCOT, and illustrate how the Walt Disney Company has made Walt's dreams a reality."
American Planning Association - includes reference to a program on Disney's Celebration
Norman Booth and Gary Morgenstern's AT&T and Disney to build high tech community of the future
Celebration Facts from Jerry's Disney Links
Jonathan Cohen's Preservation, Mixed Use and Urban Vitality - "I will examine how misapplied planning practices have thwarted healthy urban growth and contributed to destruction of the natural synergism of cities, resulting in sprawl, the abandonment of city centers, segregation by race, class and age, wasteful overconsumption of resources, and the loss of environments worth preserving."
George Cantor's New Urbanism projects revive the past - Detroit News October 28, 1995
David L. A. Gordon's Practitioner's guide to the urban design literature
Mike Greenberg's Front Porch - New Urbanism essays and links
Daryl Lease's Village theme for Disney: Wonderful world of Wal-Mart - "I suggest that Wal-Mart move Unit No. 2520 (as the Ferry Farm store is known in Arkansas headquarters) down to Celebration. Since it's only a matter of time before Disney's ideal small town gets its very own Wal-Mart, it might as well take one of ours."
Herbert Muschamp's Can New Urbanism Find Room for the Old? - New York Times, June 2, 1996
Neal Peirce's Popsicles and Neighborhood - Washington Post Writers Group
John Rothchild's Disney is selling the ultimate fantasy--a utopian community - Time Magazine December 4, 1995
Joshua Wolf Shenk's Hidden Kingdom: Disney's Political Blueprint - "[I]n carving out its own political jurisdiction, Disney has done more than simply pioneer a savvy marketing technique; it has redefined the boundaries between private and public space."
Craig Wilson's Celebration puts Disney in reality's realm - USA Today October 18, 1985.
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While this site does not address Celebration
directly, it epitomizes a sense of nostalgia that permeates
the planned community. A wonderful site.
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