Disney's Sanitized Urban California Experiment

Disney's experiment in urban living has an unusual feature for California: a pedestrian downtown.

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February 8, 2001, 7:00 AM PST

"The people of Disney have finally come to the end of a decades-long debate over the expansion of Walt's first theme park. After seeing deals falter and fail in various neighboring cities, Disney returned to its home turf and spent much of the nineties developing a parcel of Anaheim land into their latest park, California Adventure, an ersatz Golden State that promises citrus groves, hiking, and "the Bay Area" conveniently gathered in one theme park, and just a hop away from the Matterhorn."

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