Sci-if author Ray Bradbury once suggested that Walt Disney run for mayor of Los Angeles, so he could transform it into an IRL Disneylandhttp://articles.latimes.com/1996-05-31/local/me-10449_1_walt-disney …
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Replying to @asteroid_saku @sknthla
Originally Disney World in Florida was going to be a full city. Walt had studied urban planning and design obsessively for years. Then he died and everyone just accepted@they couldn’t do it without him.
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Replying to @Austen @AustenAllred
That's crazy, you start off with animation and end up building cities
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my all-time favorite bio exolores this at great length, cannot recommend more highly:https://www.amazon.com/Walt-Disney-Triumph-American-Imagination/dp/0679757473 …
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Replying to @micsolana @sknthla
Agreed on the rec. Second on my favorites list only to “Wright Brothers”
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Replying to @Austen @AustenAllred and
On a whim after reading this thread I bought the book, and the first few chapters were the highlight of my morning. Thanks for the rec! Great motivation to finish work today to get back to it...
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the disney bio or the wright brothers bio? I still need to check out the wright brothers
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Disney :)
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just wait until the chapter on snow white!
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