While the inception of Walt's unrealized radial city has been chronicled profusely over the decades, what is least known and even lesser discussed are the origins of the park that bears its name. A commonly-held misconception is that EPCOT Center was conceived only after the impracticalities of a vast corporately-controlled city were discovered and therefore the Center was created, not as the culmination of Walt's dream but as compensation for it. In fact, the origins of EPCOT Center not only run concurrently to the community of tomorrow but vastly precedes it.
