Our big yellow Ryder truck rumbled and squeaked down the ramp off Interstate 4 twenty miles southwest of Orlando and onto U.S. Highway 192, perhaps the ugliest and most garish stretch of blacktop in America.
An edition of Celebration, U.S.A.
(1999)
Celebration, U.S.A.
Living in Disney's Brave New Town
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by Douglas Frantz and Catherine Collins
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What is it like to start a new community-not a suburb or a subdivision, but a town, intended to be a self-supporting community that combines the best of the new technological innovations and the most cherished nostalgic elements of American towns? In 1997, six months after the first residents relocated to Celebration, Florida--Disney's "model" town--Doug Frantz and Cathy Collins and their two children moved in to participate in and report on this new venture. Their account, which The Richmond Style Weekly called a "fascinating and evenhanded" report from the trenches, follows the ups and downs of the two years the family lived this experiment firsthand; the new afterword details their surprisingly difficult transition back to a "normal life" in Westport, Connecticut. Their experience tells us as much about ourselves and our hopes and dreams as it does about the daily reality of building a community from the ground up.
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Utopian Studies, social science, Stadsplanning, Stadtplanung, Social conditions, City planning, City and town life, Walt Disney Enterprises, Walt disney company, Florida, social conditions, City planning, united statesPeople
Doug Frantz, Cathy CollinsPlaces
Celebration, Celebration (Fla.), Florida, Westport, Connecticut, Orlando, America, Interstate 4Times
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Celebration, U.S.A.: Living in Disney's Brave New Town
2000, Henry Holt and Company
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Celebration, U. S. A.: Living in Disney's Brave New Town
2000, Holt & Company, Henry
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Celebration, U.S.A.: living in Disney's brave new town
1999, Henry Holt & Co.
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Celebration Usa Living In Disneys Brave
Publish date unknown, Henry Holt Co
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0965074749 9780965074742
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Book Details
Table of Contents
1. The Cult of the Mouse --
2. Back to the Future --
3. Citizen Disney --
4. Town & Country Marriages --
5. Great Expectations --
6. School Daze --
7. The Zeus Box --
8. Scorpions and Other Neighbors --
9. Looking for Mayberry --
10. Visitation Rites --
11. Swamp Song --
12. Bowling Together --
13. An Epiphany --
14. Civil Wars --
15. Truman Didn't Sleep Here.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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What is it like to start a new community-not a suburb or a subdivision, but a town, intended to be a self-supporting community that combines the best of the new technological innovations and the most cherished nostalgic elements of American towns? In 1997, six months after the first residents relocated to Celebration, Florida--Disney's "model" town--Doug Frantz and Cathy Collins and their two children moved in to participate in and report on this new venture. Their account, which The Richmond Style Weekly called a "fascinating and evenhanded" report from the trenches, follows the ups and downs of the two years the family lived this experiment firsthand; the new afterword details their surprisingly difficult transition back to a "normal life" in Westport, Connecticut. Their experience tells us as much about ourselves and our hopes and dreams as it does about the daily reality of building a community from the ground up.
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