The ALWEG-Bahn

The ALWEG-Bahn

  ALWEG Test Track – Cologne, Germany – July 1957 Monorail Tales – Part 2 The ALWEG-Bahn By Todd James Pierce The origins of the original Disneyland monorail lay far from California: they extend all the way over to Germany, where the wealthy...
Walt’s First Park – Part 6

Walt’s First Park – Part 6

Walt and Carousel Horses Purchased for Disneyland – 1955Walt’s First ParkPart 6 – Conclusionsby Todd James Pierce & Paul F. Anderson The biography of Walt Disney is often divided in half: his early years, up until about 1950, when animation was...
Walt’s First Park – Part 5

Walt’s First Park – Part 5

Walt Disney – late 1930sWalt’s First ParkPart 5 – Hope and Frustrationby Todd James Pierce & Paul F. Anderson By the second week of April, Walt Disney and the planning team understood that the zoning issues were far more serious than they had...
Walt’s First Park – Part 4

Walt’s First Park – Part 4

Side View – Hollywood Sports Garden With Elevated Arena DomeWalt’s First ParkPart 4 – Objections and Complicationsby Todd James Pierce & Paul F. Anderson  On Wednesday, March 29, Walt Disney and the Sports Garden team finalized plans for a...
Walt’s First Park – Part 3

Walt’s First Park – Part 3

First Floor Layout for Private Club  Walt’s First ParkPart 3 – Selling The Dreamby Todd James Pierce & Paul F. Anderson   Sales brochures for Hollywood Sports Garden were mailed early in March, 1939—a glossy publication that featured...

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