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pinkpail
10-17-2002, 07:43 PM
Can anyone tell me about Edison Square, what was it?

Techie7
10-17-2002, 08:35 PM
Edison Square was to be the urban residential neighborhood adjacent to the commercial Main Street, USA. The site was directly behind the Plaza Inn (which was Swift's Red Wagon Inn back then), between Main Street and Tomorrowland. Guests would walk from theater to theater inside a horseshoe shaped structure, to experience:

* American home, pre-electricity
* American Home, advent of electricity
* Contemporary living
* The electronic age

But Edison Square was never built.

Taken from this page (http://www.yesterland.com/progress.html) at Yesterland (http://www.yesterland.com)
Edison square can be seen on many of the early wall maps which leads to confusion. Disney often put attractions on the map that were in the planning stages. They discontinued this practice due to obvious reasons.

zapppop
10-17-2002, 08:50 PM
Was Edison Square listed as a future attraction or was it just on the maps ?

Techie7
10-17-2002, 08:58 PM
Originally posted by zapppop
Was Edison Square listed as a future attraction or was it just on the maps ? I just pulled out an old wall map and it is listed as a regular area of the park with names on the shops/attractions. It is right next to Liberty Square which also never came to be.

zapppop
10-17-2002, 09:05 PM
but there is a liberty square in the magic kingdom in walt disney world ? ( isn't that where they have their haunted mansion ? )

Techie7
10-17-2002, 09:09 PM
Originally posted by zapppop
but there is a liberty square in the magic kingdom in walt disney world ? ( isn't that where they have their haunted mansion ? ) Yes. WDW did get Liberty Square. I meant to say that it never came to be at DLR. :)