Los Angeles Times
With its shattered windows and cartoonish graffiti, the mansion on Mulholland Drive sits like a gaping wound in the Hollywood Hills.
Broken glass spills out onto the narrow hillside road where tourist buses and others slow down to gawk at the mansion that sits like a colorful disaster.
“We’ve become known for the graffiti mansion,” a neighbor said, who asked for anonymity over privacy concerns. “It’s so embarrassing to have this in the heart of the Hollywood Hills.”
The owner of the mansion issued a formal apology Thursday to his neighbors and the city of Los Angeles after The Times contacted his attorney about the neighbors’ complaints. The Mulholland Drive home is one of two homes owned by 40-year-old TV and film producer John Powers Middleton. More
Déjà vu?
OK .. i’ll admit . well into bottle of 19 year old Dewar’s .. Who gives a crap about a mansion in Cali .. feel there are a few more priorities in life to be concerned about
Can you say… cocaine? Great picture of the adult child who owns the joint.
“With its shattered windows and cartoonish graffiti, the mansion on Mulholland Drive sits like a gaping wound in the Hollywood Hills.”
Used to have friends and coworkers in the L.A. area who said the place is littered with abandoned properties — some worth millions — that are literally sitting empty, full of garbage, covered in graffiti, inhabited by vermin (the two- and the four-legged kind). Always thought it was a joke or a misunderstanding: who pays millions for a property just to abandon it, but I guess it’s true.