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kyle_750 t1_jeecclz wrote on March 31, 2023 at 12:15 PM

Reply to comment by KikiFlowers in TIL that Walt Disney World began as "The Florida Project". Dummy corporations were used, by Walt Disney Productions, to buy up 27,000 acres of land to avoid bursts of land speculation in the Orlando area. Early rumors assumed possible development by NASA, Ford, the Rockefellers, and Howard Hughes. by jdward01

Closed for storm sign was still up last year

KikiFlowers t1_jef5fdb wrote on March 31, 2023 at 3:46 PM

Yup, apparently they're finally going to redevelop that land, but we'll see if it actually happens