Posted on 02/04/2010 11:19:27 PM PST by BurbankKarl
His pristine Ferrari 512 BBi "Boxer" sits in the middle of Holger Schubert's living room in Brentwood, right next to stylish furniture, a built-in bookcase and a flat-screen TV that slides on tracks past walls of glass that frame an ocean view.
But Los Angeles officials are about to slam shut forever the garage door that leads to the city's most extravagant parking space
City planners have withdrawn permission for Schubert to use a bridge to connect his Ferrari's third-floor resting spot with North Tigertail Road.
The ruling by the West Los Angeles Area Planning Commission tosses a mechanic's wrench into Schubert's hopes of using the showpiece garage that last year won Architectural Digest magazine's Design Driven contest.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
And, it at least used to be a rule of home buying that it is smarter to buy a modest home in a pricey neighborhood than vice versa, as it has more upside potential. So everyone around ought to be applauding this guy given our perilously weak market.
RIGHT!!!!
Sounds like its all about politics.
He better start paying more attention to his son Cameron or that car is going right thru the glass...
I would too if I had a Ferrari BB512 in my living room.
Time to put that award winning design team back to work. Shirley they can come up with something so bizarre that the bridge will seem like a work of art in comparison, and result in bridge approval. Something green, hmmm, a 400 foot telescoping windmill, that doubles as a tv antenna? It shouldn’t be too much trouble to come up with something. Maybe the Maginot Line look, with tank traps and real operational gun emplacements to take out the neighbors Prius’s as they coast down hill past his place.
“Recycle some railroad ties and viola.”
And maybe a quick trip to Home Depot for some plywood and I’m all set.
What's Shirley got to do with it?
What’s Shirley got to do with it?
Plenty, or I wouldn’t have mentioned it, just don’t call me Shirley.
You sound just like a democrat.
“looks alot like DeLorean.”
I have a 1981 Delorean and can accurately attest that you are 110% correct with the exception of the horse power and the autopilot. The DeLorean always wanted to follow the “white Line”.
My car, now in the posession of my son, was autographed by John on the underside of the ash tray along with names and addresses of the final assemblers in Ireland. Kinda Unique in my opinion. I met him at a car show in philly in 98. He was driving a dog ugly yellow NSX. I also drove to the show with my 1991 “Silver Bullet” NSX that is now stored in a heated garage. I don;t do Coke or run around with starlets.
Ha ha! Take a look at the t.v. screen in the original photo.
The city should just grandfather the guy in and move on.
Soooo..he just sits there and looks at his car. okeydoekey
SOooo... you just sit there and look at your TV, Computer okeydoekey.
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