In the April 2014 issue of the Atlantic, and already online, there is a long piece by Adam Doster called “Fighting Over the Field of Dreams.” It’s about the field and the Ballpark Heaven development. About three-fifths of the way through, the writer reaches the backlash to the plan — and drops a line about my column from last September.
Without irony, a columnist for The Des Moines Register expressed concern that the development would facilitate the area’s “Disneyfication.”
In the end, he appears to understand my point of view: The place is different from some anachronistic Disney streetscape. It genuinely tricks you.