Disney’s D23 presentation of Walt Disney Company artifacts, including some from Walt Disney’s life before founding the company. Museum of Science & Industry, Chicago, IL, November 4, 2013
“Hollywood” in Chicago. Chicago was home to one of Charlie Chaplin’s first movie studios, Essanay Studios, at the dawn of the 20th Century, and as the 20th Century closed and the 21st Century began, it was home to Oprah Winfrey’s powerhouse talk show and her Harpo Studios. ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox own their Chicago affiliates. And Chicago is also home to “Superstation” WGN-TV.
The city of Walt Disney’s birth (and ASD’s Hometown) has included a number of Disney sites over the years. Here are photos of some of them. DisneyQuest Chicago opened on June 16, 1999. It closed forever on September 3, 2001, at 7 p.m. I visited the “Indoor Theme Park” once. I did not …