Disney Legend Marvin Davis was an art director at 20th Century Fox when he was laid off and then brought over to work in 1953 on conceptualization and architectural design for Walt Disney’s upcoming park. Marvin designed the first layout plan for Disneyland and over the next month worked on more than 100 versions of the park. After trying many different designs, his work finally developed into a unique plan with Walt’s idea of a “hub” that would be accessible to all lands. It was on this day in 1953 that Marvin completed his historical “hub” layout. With the addition of lands such as Critter Country, New Orleans Square, and Mickey’s Toontown, not ALL lands today are accessible directly from that hub in front of the castle, but certainly the hub continues to make for an easier journey to even the furthest of the lands. So it seems appropriate that a statue of Walt Disney now stands in the hub, with a watchful eye in the area that overlooks more of the lands of Disneyland than anywhere else.
