Editing EPCOT (concept) (section)

===City center===
EPCOT's downtown and commercial areas would have been located in the central core of the city, away from the residential areas. The entire [[downtown]] would have been completely enclosed, unaffected by the outside elements. [[Roy O. Disney|Roy Disney]] stated that "The pedestrian will be king"<ref>{{cite book |title=Engineering News-record, Volume 179 |date=1967 |publisher=McGraw-Hill |page=19 |language=en |quote=The pedestrian will be king, says Roy Disney}}</ref> in this area, free from the danger of cars and other vehicles.

At the center of the area would be a 30-story Cosmopolitan Hotel and [[Convention center|Convention Center]]. This building was to have been the tallest in Disney World and could have been seen for miles. The parking lot for hotel guests would have been located underneath the city core, right off of the vehicle throughway.

On the "roof" of the enclosed area would be the recreational area for hotel guests. The pool, tennis courts, basketball courts, [[shuffleboard]], and other activities would have been located here. According to Imagineer [[Bob Gurr]], Walt Disney pointed to one of the benches on the scale model of the area and declared, "This is where Lilly [his wife] and I will sit when this thing is finished, taking everything in".<ref name=":2" />

Surrounding the hotel, inside the enclosure, would have been "shops and restaurants that reflect the culture and flavor of locations 'round the world."<ref name="florida film" /> According to the concept art, these areas would be themed to resemble each [[country]], having the look and feel of each of the exotic locales. This concept eventually evolved into the [[World Showcase]] area of the [[Epcot]] theme park. The PeopleMover track would travel above these downtown shops and streets similarly as the system did in Disneyland. The preliminary plan indicated that the people who would have worked in these shops would have also lived in the city.