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Bluenorthwest

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9. An ongoing LA problem. I looked up this article from 1993 about Jack Lemmon and others

Thu Oct 23, 2014, 06:08 PM

Oct 2014

trying to combat mega mansions going up in 'regular' Beverly Hills neighborhoods.
"Neighborhood disputes hardly get any more basic than this: Rich guy buys a property and makes plans to build a house that would dwarf all the others on the block. The folks in the smaller houses raise a fuss and try to stop him.

But the lush northwest corner of Beverly Hills is no ordinary neighborhood. The smaller houses are certainly not small, and by no stretch are the people who live there little folks. The ones doing most of the fussing are actor Jack Lemmon, MCA President Sidney Sheinberg, Ticketmaster chief Fred Rosen and developer Stuart Ketchum.

The rich guy they are taking on is a low-profile London financier named Robert Manoukian, who wishes to build an 18-bedroom, 21-bathroom estate complex, with about 46,000 square feet of floor space--more than a football field--on a four-acre parcel on narrow, winding Tower Road."
http://articles.latimes.com/1993-08-01/local/me-19221_1_beverly-hills

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"Your house destroyed our privacy" - this is what McMansionization looks like in LA [View all] Liberal_in_LA Oct 2014 OP

I agree and have no sympathy for those who build/buy Dawson Leery Oct 2014 #1

A lot of this is driven by Chinese government policy AngryAmish Oct 2014 #18

True yeoman6987 Oct 2014 #28

I would be so upset if someone JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #2

They probably wouldn't scream as loudly Warpy Oct 2014 #5

This I agree with 100% JustAnotherGen Oct 2014 #17

there needs to be community design standards -- the two houses next-door is perfect example nashville_brook Oct 2014 #3

If I observe all building codes and zoning restrictions... meaculpa2011 Oct 2014 #4

You contradict yourself in your own post BrotherIvan Oct 2014 #21

????????!!!!!!!!!!! My property rights end... meaculpa2011 Oct 2014 #24

Gotta say, I agree with you. Marr Oct 2014 #27

They should have to buy the whole block Politicalboi Oct 2014 #6

ahhhh, back for the old days when we thought at Levittown was the worst thing we thought developers MisterP Oct 2014 #7

A neighborhood I drive through often kiva Oct 2014 #8

An ongoing LA problem. I looked up this article from 1993 about Jack Lemmon and others Bluenorthwest Oct 2014 #9

I used to appraise in L.A. This is SMALL potatoes. I remember rounding a curve Hortensis Oct 2014 #10

This should be the answer to stop this BrotherIvan Oct 2014 #22

Communities can enact protective laws, and some do. BrotherIvan, we used to live in Glendale, a Hortensis Oct 2014 #25

Excellent BrotherIvan Oct 2014 #30

Problems of rich people in a first world country. n/t dilby Oct 2014 #11

Well, not necessarily rich people - lots of people put all their equity into their home hedgehog Oct 2014 #13

I live near the bottom of the mountain, used to be surrounded by woods.. mountain grammy Oct 2014 #12

Everyone wants to live in the country - as long as they can bring Suburbia along with them! hedgehog Oct 2014 #14

Already happened. TPTB dislike our old non conforming house mountain grammy Oct 2014 #16

The neighborhood in Century city has houses you'd want to buy Johonny Oct 2014 #15

"marring her views of Century City" frazzled Oct 2014 #19

This is where my respect for property rights clashes with the credo of "Don't be a dick". Throd Oct 2014 #20

My street, also. House burnt down; new one is a story higher than the neighbors'! I am across the WinkyDink Oct 2014 #23

In our town, they changed the zoning law to deal with this problem, hollysmom Oct 2014 #26

Paint the side facing the mcmansion with bizzare colors & designs.... Historic NY Oct 2014 #29