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I have been to Disneyland 50 times over the last 50 years and I've never eaten at the Plaza Inn. There are so many other more interesting and thematic places, when I peeked into the Plaza Inn it felt very generic Victorian to me, and thematically, I was never sure what a "Plaza Inn" is...is it supposed to be a hotel? What's the back-story? Okay, admittedly, I never investigated much because the name and lack of promise just didn't motivate me.
Though Main Street has all the normal civic institutions like City Hal, Fire Dept., bank, cinema, etc. What it doesn't have is a library. The turn-of-the-century was an important time when libraries came to small towns throughout the US, according to a Nation Park Service web article: "Between 1886 and 1919, Carnegie’s donations of more than $40 million paid for 1,679 new library buildings in communities large and small across America." It's a great time for Disney to enhance this underwhelming eatery, add theme, and celebrate knowledge and education by giving Main Street a library!
A reimagined Plaza Inn as The Main Street Library Restaurant would include a multitude of unique dining "rooms" each themed after a topical section of the library. For example, the Travel section would have turn-of-the-century travel books, displays of plants and shells and things in Victorian glass cases, and era travel posters. The Science Fiction section would have Jules Verne books, framed prints, and models of the 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea submarines ,etc. in antique glass museum displays. The fantasy fiction section would celebrate the original works of literature that inspired many of Disney's classic animated films. The ambiance would be warm and textured and thematic due to the books, art, and museum-like displays.
The Main Street Library Restaurant could be "fine dining" like the Carthay Circle, something Disneyland needs more of. By adding a top floor of dining with large arched glass windows, the restaurant would offer an amazing view of the plaza and fireworks.
The overall architecture could maintain the Plaza Inn's familiar mansard roofline, just lifted up, essentially, to include a second floor.
Though Main Street has all the normal civic institutions like City Hal, Fire Dept., bank, cinema, etc. What it doesn't have is a library. The turn-of-the-century was an important time when libraries came to small towns throughout the US, according to a Nation Park Service web article: "Between 1886 and 1919, Carnegie’s donations of more than $40 million paid for 1,679 new library buildings in communities large and small across America." It's a great time for Disney to enhance this underwhelming eatery, add theme, and celebrate knowledge and education by giving Main Street a library!
A reimagined Plaza Inn as The Main Street Library Restaurant would include a multitude of unique dining "rooms" each themed after a topical section of the library. For example, the Travel section would have turn-of-the-century travel books, displays of plants and shells and things in Victorian glass cases, and era travel posters. The Science Fiction section would have Jules Verne books, framed prints, and models of the 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea submarines ,etc. in antique glass museum displays. The fantasy fiction section would celebrate the original works of literature that inspired many of Disney's classic animated films. The ambiance would be warm and textured and thematic due to the books, art, and museum-like displays.
The Main Street Library Restaurant could be "fine dining" like the Carthay Circle, something Disneyland needs more of. By adding a top floor of dining with large arched glass windows, the restaurant would offer an amazing view of the plaza and fireworks.
The overall architecture could maintain the Plaza Inn's familiar mansard roofline, just lifted up, essentially, to include a second floor.
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