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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 3

  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. Today's installment actually takes JHM readers inside of this proposed park Read More... Posted Friday, May 30, 2008 12:00 AM | 1 Comments Filed under: Disney, Michael Eisner, theme park , California, Disney-MGM Studio Backlot, Burbank, Universal Studios , Disneyland, MCA , Walt Disney World, Disney-MGM Studio Tour, park, Universal park, Universal theme park , Universal City , Disney officials , City of Burbank, Eisner , Burbank officials, Councilwoman Mary Lou Howard, Mary Lou Howard, Property, Universal Studios Tour , studio-based theme park, tactics, dining , shopping, freeway, Burbank Ocean, manmade lake , period costumes , Hollywood Fantasy Hotel , Joe Rohde , 1997, stores , specialty retail , Burbank project, Disney World, Pleasure Island , Backlot, Burbank Redevelopment , boutique shopping mall, the Walt Disney Company , real estate , Dallas, best interest , Ferris wheel, street environment, WDI, Imagineer, Imagineering, Walt Disney Imagineering , shopping center , 1987, Rick Rothschild, Merriweather Adam Pleasure, Burbank Holiday Inn, Golden State Freeway, Burbank Civic Center, aquatic beef, Star Tours, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Antonio, pamphlets, Friends of Burbank

• 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