This post is for architecture fans. Disneyland is an architect's dream, even when it's a bit overwrought or hokey. Here's a few examples. See what you think.
Even on a gloomy, overcast day like this the landscaping looked terrific. I could easily have photographed nothing but that all day. The tallest shrubs (trees?) here are only about as tall as a person.
Even industrial sites look good in this park.
And why shouldn't industry look good? It has a noble purpose, which is to make useful or beautiful things in quantities which will allow them to sell for low prices.
Every time I go to Disneyland I come back with a resolve to make my backyard look like Disney's cannibal village. I actually tried it once and was surprised to see that my kids were indifferent to it.
Nice shield!
Above, that crossbar and faux giraffe skin add a lot to that pole.
Nice bamboo stakes! I'll have to remember this when I decorate my porch next Halloween.
Here's (above) a low roof supported by columns in Fantasyland. Walless sections of buildings like this aren't very useful for keeping cold air out, but they're psychologically sheltering, and make for great indoor/outdoor transitions. For some reason this sort of thing never caught on in America except on railroad platforms.
Remember the stage set for Disneyland's Animation Academy that I posted about last time? Here's a few blurry pictures (sorry about that) to show details of that set. Check out that framed picture on the wall showing what I assume is a winning hand in a card game. It never occurred to me to frame things like that. It looks good.
Here's (upper left) a bulletin board framed in thick, quality wood that matches the wood in the shelf stack beneath it. It's a nice look.
In a different location now, here's a shelf top (above) in a voodoo shop in New Orleans Square.
In the same shop: a shelf of colored glass bottles. Nice, huh?
Above, the Haunted Mansion decked out Tim Burton-style for both Halloween and Christmas. Click to enlarge.
Yikes! I have more pictures but no more space. Oh, well.....
Thank you for posting these wonderful pictures. It's great to see the park in detail without the over stimuli of sound and motion. I do however think the pole has a fake giraffe skin, not zebra, wrapped on it.
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Joel: Did I say "zebra?" Yikes! I'll change that!
ReplyDeleteYou should take up a collection to have your commenters send you to Paris. I'll start the ball rolling by pledging Roberto Severino to donate a cool grand to your fund!
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