Day: June 21, 2009

See the Fake White House in Suburban Maryland: James J. Rowley Training Center

James J. Rowley Training Facility Replica White House, Beltsville MD

In an April 5, 1982 TIME magazine article, it was mentioned that a fake White House and Blair House (the little auxiliary house across Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House) were going to be built in Beltsville, Maryland: Thomas Jefferson, the architect President, designed parts of the White House. Now with Ronald Reagan, the thespian… Continue reading See the Fake White House in Suburban Maryland: James J. Rowley Training Center

Building the Matterhorn – Disneyland June 14, 1959

Let’s say right off the bat that it’s not the “Matterhorn.”  Official term for it was “Matterhorn Bobsleds, because the included roller coaster was a big deal.  Such a big deal:  the first steel roller coaster in the world. But we’re less interested in the bobsleds than in the mountain itself–a 147-foot fake mountain rising… Continue reading Building the Matterhorn – Disneyland June 14, 1959