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Friday, January 20, 2006
No more McMansions?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Are you feeling overwhelmed by a McMansion next door and happy that Mayor Shirley Franklin has ordered a temporary halt to big, new houses in Atlanta intown neighborhoods. Or are you furious at the idea that government can say “no” to a mega-castle? The moratorium halting construction on infill housing in five hot real estate markets intown — north Buckhead, Virginia-Highland, Morningside-Lenox Park, Ansley Park-Sherwood Forest and Lake Claire — lasts until Feb. 6 when the City Council will vote on whether to extend it 120 days. Anybody think size restrictions should be applied outside the city of Atlanta?
