| Town-Building
Is No Mickey Mouse Operation
By
MICHAEL POLLAN | Photographs By TREVOR RAY HART
'Will Celebration always look so
newly minted? That's a real question,' the architect
Robert A.M. Stern, who is also a Disney board member, acknowledged. But
he added, 'You know it's a really sad commentary that for something to
look "real" it has to look run down.' |
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Neotraditional Designs for Living (above, from
left): The post office, town hall, and school.
A Sort-of-Diversity: Million-dollar homes (left) on the golf course
were built in proximity to modest cottages.
Controlled Surprise: Water jets in a downtown fountain (below)
go off randomly. |
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Sunday, December 14, 1997
Copyright 1997 The New York Times Company
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