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Essay / Urbanism and the fantasy world of Disney and Sea World
Sorkin begins his article by discussing the spread of the new urbanism, which took place during the 20th century. He says that by visiting the theme park, Disneyland as a destination illustrates the preference of the themed environment over the authentic environment. While Davis' article provided some exciting social reflections on the topic of SeaWorld and other natural theme parks, I believe that today, fascinations with nature have a wide influence, from entertainment to education . But Davis says the importance and value of these “natural entertainments” differ by race and class. Sorkin's explains that the entire Disneyland resort sits on a platform, so the infrastructure can be hidden from view and operated underground. This highly controlled vision of town planning replaces reality. He puts forward an interesting opinion that in such environments surveillance is assumed as if the visitors are surveilling themselves. But I think the view that Disneyland can represent future examples of urban growth is realistic. As a large number of cities and urban centers around the world entrust public space to public governance. Sorkin argues that "as spatiality decreases, so does privacy", to some extent development models and the promotion of automobile interactions eliminate the type of random human interaction at the street level that can reinforce the spirit and enthusiasm for urban life. Sorkin mentions the characterization of “Disneyland urbanism” as “precisely the urbanism of universal equivalence” (217). As a strong node of a modern network with global reach. Disneyland seems to depend on describing the journey to these nodes, admitting that it becomes a destination....... middle of paper ...... it is often fun to leave footprints on guests. Frantz and Collins have somewhat of an open-ended interpretation of the celebration that reveals a community designed around the different housing models available to a choice of income groups. Still, the serious lottery procedure is essential to obtaining a residence in the city and the expanded prices of land and construction, as well as the multitude of building and artistic structures, calculate real estate costs and paint colors. Celebration appears to function as a sort of public segregation: Celebration residents have access to their personal designer school outside the Florida public school system, their own hospital, even their personal set of boutiques. At the heart of Celebration's stripped-down diversity is the idea that the vision of the American city belongs to its past (Frantz & Collins, 64).