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...Disney shifted from giving us a glimpse of the future to granting us a memory of the past? Why does "small-town USA" attract a '90s crowd the way "21st-century technology" once attracted citizens...
...material success could satisfy their desires for meaning. That generation which had been so eager to conquer the cold industrial world, now looks fondly upon the simpler time of its growing up and is anxious to restore it at any price. This is the type of sentiment upon which Disney hopes to capitalize by offering a town centered around its school and community. It appears as if the current idea of the American dream is less about having two cars in every garage than it is about having two parents in every household...
...attempt at combining these two projects, those of the House of the Future and the Home of the Past, that Disney's Celebration should be celebrated. Beneath the small-town facade lies a state-of-the-art system that includes a computer network designed to keep the entire community connected. The school's exterior may invoke nostalgia, but its curriculum will aim directly at the future. Here, however, it is hoped that individual progress will not come at the expense of community or family. Although Disney sets the guidelines for town policies, the planned community does not have the impositional...
Will Celebration live up to its billing? I fear it will not. Whereas Disney's parks are insulated by walls and admission charges, Disney's town will have to face the realities of modern social dynamics. One fears that this town of the past will find its simplicity under siege by a world which is no longer as simple. Nevertheless, the fact that such a project has been fully implemented is a positive sign. It shows that venture capital can be employed in conjunction with social capital. It is a sign of remorse from those who, until now, chose individual...
...often become extremely cynical about the dreams of prosperity it once represented, this most visible example of that skepticism must not fail. It is comforting to know that somewhere in America, a town which embodies both our nostalgia and our quest for progress looks toward the future. Maybe Disney can help bring life a little bit closer to what we would like to imagine...