Celebration, U.S.A.
by Douglas Frantz, Catherine Collins
Utopian Studiessocial scienceStadsplanningStadtplanungSocial conditions
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Our big yellow Ryder truck rumbled and squeaked down the ramp off Interstate 4 twenty miles southwest of Orlando and onto U.S. Highway 192, perhaps the ugliest and most garish stretch of blacktop in America.
About this book
What is it like to start a new community-not a suburb or a subdivision, but a town, intended to be a self-supporting community that combines the best of the new technological innovations and the most cherished nostalgic elements of American towns? In 1997, six months after the first residents relocated to Celebration, Florida--Disney's "model" town--Doug Frantz and Cathy Collins and their two children moved in to participate in and report on this new venture. Their account, which The Richmond Style Weekly called a "fascinating and evenhanded" report from the trenches, follows the ups and downs of the two years the family lived this experiment firsthand; the new afterword details their surprisingly difficult transition back to a "normal life" in Westport, Connecticut. Their experience tells us as much about ourselves and our hopes and dreams as it does about the daily reality of building a community from the ground up.
Themes & subjects
Utopian Studiessocial scienceStadsplanningStadtplanungSocial conditionsCity planning
Characters & people
Setting
CelebrationCelebration (Fla.)FloridaWestportConnecticutOrlandoAmericaInterstate 41997
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