February 15, 2013May 26, 20171930s, Themeparks New York World’s Fair 1939 Perisphere and Trylon Cutaway The symbol and centerpiece of the 1939 New York World’s Fair was its combination trylon and perisphere. The trylon was a 610 […]
February 14, 2013May 26, 20172010s, Secret Spaces, Themeparks Disneyland Matterhorn Cutaway, 2012 A nice, recent cutaway drawing of the Matterhorn at the Anaheim, CA Disneyland. This graphic, from the February 8, 2012, Orange County […]
July 17, 2009July 14, 2017Simulated Places, Themeparks Forced Perspective at Disneyland’s Main Street: How Does It Work? Forced perspective is one of those common photographic illusions. Let’s say you go to the Leaning Tower of Pisa and position your […]
July 10, 2009March 2, 2017Themeparks Disneyland Main Street: Fake, Well-Done, Increasingly Insignificant One of the most prominent, yet ignored, features of Disneyland is its Main Street. Even though thousands of people walk through Main […]