CELEBRATION-Epcot City-Walt Disney World-Michael Eisner

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@FoxifiedNutjob - I like the idea of ugly garages being hidden behing the houses. In the UK, you see ugly cars and garages which completely distract from wonderful Tudor architecture. There is still little socialability even here as the residents just jump in their cars and drive a mile to the nearest job. I would like to know how healthy people are here, if they do less driving.

[FoxifiedNutjob]

While capitalizing on their brand-name and offering total predictability in all aspects Disney has tried very hard to make buying Florida swampland feel good: Utopia on a platter. Sans serendipity, surprise, mystification, or complexity the overall theme is succinctly defense by privilege. While citizens are anxious to wake up in Mayberry they may find out to their chagrin that they have really bought into Stepford.

[FoxifiedNutjob]

Overblown facades are squeezed side by side on narrow lots while infrastructure is duplicated in the form of back alleys hiding 2-3 car garages. Sociability around the front lawns and curbside is thus dramatically impaired. Screening is allowed only at the rear where most families will spend their down-time in the pool and safe from bugs. They also wont be bothered by the parades of inquisitive tourists that Disney is planning to draw to the downtown.

[FoxifiedNutjob]

Design omnipotency tied to corporate ends has resulted in a high-brow, overpriced subdivision on steroids. Pastel banality with a homogenous finish is a Disney trademark. You can even spot a tinge of fascism at the entry sequence to the project where Disney Development offices stand abstractly in stark opposition to the truer to period Colonial and Classical Traditionalism of the other community buildings nearby.

[FoxifiedNutjob]

Celebrations strict architectural control guidelines are a mandatory exercise. Materials, style, period detail, color, setbacks, even ceiling heights are regulated. The six basic styles cannot be intermixed or creatively morphed. The extraordinary attention to detail and demand for quality boils down to an administrative headache which translates into high costs on the front-end down to the finish trades. Or else you are out. The architects delight is a builders nightmare.