Monday, June 16, 2008

"walkable ubanism" and the dream that was EPCOT

Okay, so normally I'd not post two things in one night (trying to save SOMETHING to talk about in the future when I feel like I'm running out), but this article at CNN was just too good to pass up.  Especially in relation to Walt's original dreams for the Florida Project for a Disney oriented blog. 

The article I speak of talks about how in many places younger and younger generations are spurning the suburbs for re-vitalized downtown areas that offer mass transit, walks to everything they need and what Christopher Leinberger of the U. of Michigan in the article calls 'walkable ubanism'.

Sounds a lot like a little project that never quite made it to reality in Florida some 40+ years ago no?

You can read the article here.

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