Community Perspectives: Authentic Places
Images that capture the essence of a place
"The
main village, which includes the Railroad station, is built around a
village green or informal park. In the park will be benches, a
bandstand, drinking fountain, trees, and shrubs. It will be a place for
people to sit and rest; mothers and grandmothers can watch over small
children at play. I want it to be very relaxing, cool, and inviting.
Around the park will be built the town. At one end will be the Railroad
Station; at the other end, the Town Hall. The Hall will be built to
represent a Town Hall, but actually we will use it as our administration
building. It will be the headquarters of the entire project. Adjoining
the Town hall will be the Fire and Police Stations. The Fire Station
will contain practical fire apparatus, scaled down. The police station
will also be put to practical use. Here the visitors will report all
violations, lost articles, lost kids, etc. In it we could have a little
jail where the kids could look in. We might even have characters in it."
Walt
Disney, from a memo describing plans for Disneyland
"I modelled my looks on the town
tramp."
Dolly Parton
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