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Ten Wishes for the New Year: #8

Previously, on Progress City, U.S.A.: For the start of the new year, I had hoped to do one of those “top ten” lists of things I’d like to see happen in the Disney parks – and especially Walt Disney World – in 2009. Not that I would deem any of my wishes likely to be […]

Neverworlds – The World City Model

THE “WORLD CITY” MODEL: Project designer John DeCuir completes an initial concept for the World City model, an amphitheater depicting a future community in the process of grown and adaptation.– Walt Disney Productions, 1975

In 1975, EPCOT Center was a far different creature than the park that debuted in 1982. Known then by the unwieldy […]

Ten Wishes for the New Year: #10

For the start of the new year, I had hoped to do one of those “top ten” lists of things I’d like to see happen in the Disney parks – and especially Walt Disney World – in 2009. Not that I would deem any of my wishes likely to be fulfilled, and in many cases […]

Progress City Desktops – World Showcase, Part I

One of the first things I wanted to do when I started this site was to share some great Disney concept art that I’ve scanned and cleaned up over the years to make desktop backgrounds. Finally I seem to have gotten around to it. The first desktop I have for you is a piece […]

Lost Horizons

Concept rendering for Horizons post-show. Click to enlarge.

Happy New Year, everyone. For my first substantive post of 2009 I have something really special to share – a piece of never-before-seen concept art for the defunct yet beloved EPCOT Center attraction Horizons. The rendering dates to 1980, when the attraction was still known under its […]