Sam Gennawey
Sam Gennawey is an urban planner who has collaborated with communities throughout California over the course of more than 100 projects to create a great, big, beautiful tomorrow. Sam is a member of the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles Regional Planning History Group, a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving municipal, county, and private sector planning documents from throughout Los Angeles County. Sam is the author of Walt and the Promise of Progress City which you can find on Amazon.
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For those familiar with Charles Phoenix, I believe one of his great contributions to humanity was...
Recently, as I was sorting through some files, I came across a 1966 operator’s manual for the Disneyland-Alweg Monorail System and thought I would...
Once upon a time the planners at Walt Disney World really did want to follow Walt’s vision and create a place that would show...
I would assume that most people who read MiceChat (especially those reading Samland) are the type who visit the Disney parks more frequently than...
Welcome to Samland. This week I have decided to reach over to the bookshelf and extract an excerpt from Walt and the Promise of...
Over the last couple of months, I have been making observations of things that have struck my fancy in the Disney Parks. The goal...
Let's face it: Tickets for theme parks are expensive. Every year, we have come to expect price increases that exceed inflation, and every year,...
Go back to August 1953 with me. The team from the Stanford Research Institute (SRI) were about to present their findings for the ideal...
Last time, I took at look at my recent trip to Epcot. This week, the focus is on the Magic Kingdom. As we now...
Epcot has long been a favorite of mine. As you can imagine, I have been somewhat obsessed with Walt’s original vision, if you know...
I'm constantly working on all kinds of stories, research and ideas. Some become full blown articles here on MiceChat, others make it into books....
I realize that most people associate early Monorails with Walt Disney. It is well-known that one of the earliest drawings of Tomorrowland by Herb...
In another look at yesterday’s tomorrows, let’s turn the clock back to 1975 and see what Walt Disney Productions (WDP) was up to with...
Back in the late 1980s, Walt Disney Productions management was becoming increasingly concerned with the public realm surrounding Disneyland. The area had been deteriorating...
It was not my intention to milk this topic for a third installment, but everybody seemed to be having so much fun with it...
Last week I decided to apply a tool I use at my day job to give me a reason to spout out a bunch...
How do you get people to evaluate and document what they see and how they feel within the environments that they live, work, and...
Harrison "Buzz" Price was a visionary businessman who profoundly influenced Walt Disney and many decisions regarding the theme parks and how and where they...
Two years ago, almost exactly, we pulled out a megaphone right here on MiceChat and declared that Harrison "Buzz" Price should be awarded a...
Sam Gennawey reviews three interesting pieces for Disney fans today. First up is the fascinating book, Who's afraid of Song of the South? by...