Originally Posted By DlandDug Knew I had this stashed away. Here's the brochure that Price Legacy released in 2002 announcing the groundbreaking for Anaheim Garden Walk. Rendering: <a href="http://s325.photobucket.com/albums/k375/newdug/?action=view¤t=GardenWalk01.jpg" target="_blank">http://s325.photobucket.com/al...lk01.jpg</a>#!oZZ1QQcurrentZZhttp%3A%2F%2Fs325.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fk375%2Fnewdug%2F%3Faction%3Dview%26current%3DGardenWalk01.jpg Plans: <a href="http://s325.photobucket.com/albums/k375/newdug/?action=view¤t=GardenWalk01.jpg" target="_blank">http://s325.photobucket.com/al...lk01.jpg</a>#!oZZ2QQcurrentZZhttp%3A%2F%2Fs325.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fk375%2Fnewdug%2F%3Faction%3Dview%26current%3DGardenWalk02.jpg Cover letter: <a href="http://s325.photobucket.com/albums/k375/newdug/?action=view¤t=GardenWalk01.jpg" target="_blank">http://s325.photobucket.com/al...lk01.jpg</a>#!oZZ2QQcurrentZZhttp%3A%2F%2Fs325.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fk375%2Fnewdug%2F%3Faction%3Dview%26current%3DGardenWalk02.jpg See those hotel pads in the plan views? Those are all empty building sites within walking distance of Disneyland, DCA, and the third theme park location.
Originally Posted By DlandDug Oh! And just to help anyone else playing along at home, the Garden Walk site is the parcel numbered "10" in the right center of this Resort plan that was released in 1990: <a href="http://s325.photobucket.com/albums/k375/newdug/1990s%20Disneyland%20Resort%20Plans/?action=view¤t=SCN_0001.jpg" target="_blank">http://s325.photobucket.com/al...0001.jpg</a>
Originally Posted By Bob Paris 1 I will never forgive those parochial neighbourhood a*******s for putting the kibosh on Westcot. It jammed up(and by "jammed" I mean something starting with "f")the works in Anaheim for decades.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 I wouldn't blame the neighbors for WESTCOT's demise. After reading many accounts from the time, I'm not sure Disney was really serious about it. It seemed like they were playing Anaheim and Long Beach against each other. Both cities lost out, but in Long Beach's case, there was real protest from the environmental side to not build a theme park there.
Originally Posted By ni_teach I have always felt that Gardenwalk was a very badly designed shopping center. That being said I think that there are ways to fix it and to better incorporate it into the Anaheim resort area even if Disney does not buy it. Personally I would like to see Disney buy this property, but if I had to guess I think that they are waiting for the price to drop some more.
Originally Posted By oc_dean >>I took a look on the Google Map as someone suggested earlier. The possibilities are astounding when you see it from above. Disney could build another parking structure like Mickey and Friends for an amazing number of cars (parked under cover and shaded for the most part, which I like a lot), << Actually ... it's been rumored for a while now ... Disney will eventually turn the Pumbah parking lot (Former Grand Hotel lot) .. into the "east side" version of the Mickey & Friends Parking structure. We've discussed this ... in this topic, here: <a href="http://mb.laughingplace.com/MsgBoard-T-110075-P-1.asp" target="_blank">http://mb.laughingplace.com/Ms...-P-1.asp</a>
