Boardwalk - extra piers

[ScottW]

There are a set of extra piers in the water at the Boardwalk.. the end by the ESPN Club. Does anyone know what they are for or are they for something that was never built?

They look very similar in size to the boardwalk extension built for the gaming area.

Just curious.. at Disney this week and though it was a bit odd.

Scott

 

[Goofyernmost]

I picture would be helpful, otherwise it will be hard to know exactly what you are talking about.

 

[englanddg]

I picture would be helpful, otherwise it will be hard to know exactly what you are talking about.

They are in the foreground of this picture.

They are inbetween the ESPN Zone and the loading dock for the Friendship Boat, by the pizza place.

 

[ScottW]

It was raining today so didn't get my camera/phone out.. however.. they are clear on this bing aerial pic..

 

[englanddg]

Here's a Google Street View with a better view of all of them.

They look like they might be support pylons for future decking expansion around the Margarita Stand, but I doubt that...if they went so far as to add the pylons, there's no reason not to add the decking (it's not like it's that much more expensive).

 

[englanddg]

Seems they were part of the original design, and have been there well before Joe's was added...

This is from the architectural firm's website.

http://www.ramsa.com/project-detail.php?project=449&lang=en

 

[englanddg]

My guess is they are decorative only...supposed to represent the "story" of a developing boardwalk town/area that the firm was attempting to deliver for Disney.

From that site.

West of the entry tower, The Disney Vacation Club, in keeping with the sense of the BoardWalk as a resort town, consists of a series of interconnected small scale buildings facing the lakefront. Beyond the lakefront, where the vacation club faces a canal, the building takes on a larger scale with wide roof overhangs and bold horizontals reflecting the early 20th century American tradition that combined classicism with vernacular cottage architecture to create the Bungalow Style. Here the historical timeline of the resort town's development is brought to its conclusion by an architecture that suggests the incipient modernism of the early twentieth century.

 

[NiarrNDisney]

Great find! I don't have an answer for you but who knows maybe they were put there for a future expansion. Personally I think the Boardwalk/Crescent Lake could use a little more entertainment options and possible some more shops.

 

[danlb_2000]

I am guessing it was intended for expansion since it would have almost mirrored the one on the other side of the boat dock.