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• Remembering Harriet Burns (1928 - 2008)

  JHM contributor Todd James Pierce reflects on the life & career of this Disney Legend reviews Read More... Posted Monday, July 28, 2008 12:00 AM | 3 Comments Filed under: Disney, theme park , California, Anaheim, Walt Disney Studios, Disneyland, Hollywood, park, Los Angeles , New York , theme park attraction, the Walt Disney Company , Dallas, WDI, Imagineer, Imagineering, Walt Disney Imagineering , San Antonio, Harriet Burns , WED , Texas , 1950s, 1953, props, set designer , Colgate Comedy Hour, TV , Disney Studios , Mickey Mouse Club, Fred Joerger, sets , models, WED Model Shop, attractions, Walt Disney, 1959, conceptual model, Matterhorn, Walt Disney Company , National Geographic , Vic Green, Submarine Voyage, mermaids, Enchanted Tiki Room , Pirates of the Caribbean, audio-animatronics, the Haunted Mansion, Freedomland, X Atencio, Blaine Gibson, Don Edgren, Bob Gurr, Bill Martin, Bible Storyland , Los Angeles County, Nat Winecoff, Bill Zeckendorf, 1960s, Six Flags Over Texas , Wathel Rogers

• Looking back on the Disney-MGM Studio Backlot project -- Part 2

  JHM guest writer Todd James Pierce continues his 4-part series about the 40-acre entertainment district that the Walt Disney Company once wanted to build in Burbank. Which Universal Studios then tried to derail Read More... Posted Thursday, May 29, 2008 12:00 AM | 6 Comments Filed under: Disney, Michael Eisner, Disney-MGM Studio Backlot, Burbank, Universal Studios , MCA , secret negotiations , City of Burbank, Universal Studios Tour , Brown Act, environmental impact , LA Superior Court, reporters, lawsuit, Jeffrey Katzenberg , blackmail, LA Times, Jay Stein, Champs-Elysees, Ginza , Tokyo, animation department , freeway, waterfall, Burbank Ocean, manmade lake , period costumes , gangster , New York , genre, high-rise , Vegas, Hollywood Fantasy Hotel , "The Great Movie Ride" , clone, "Great Moments in the Movies", Joe Rohde , 1997, expansion, West Side , stores , specialty retail , Burbank project, Disney World, Pleasure Island , Backlot, Burbank Redevelopment , Magic Mountain, gated facility , Disney-MGM Studios , Dan Shapiro , MCA lawyers , Council meeting, multinational corporation , development agreement, the Walt Disney Company , real estate , Bud Ovrom , City Manager , City Manager Bud Ovrom, youngsters, Gary Wilson, agreement, formal agreement , downtown, Ferris wheel, street environment, sketches, Glendale , WDI, Imagineer, Imagineering, Walt Disney Imagineering , Michael Hastings , Mayor of Burbank , Mayor of Burbank Michael Hastings, parking structure, shopping center , 1987