May 31, 2013

Former Trump Monstrosity to Face the Wrecking Ball

Who says Russian oligarchs have bad taste? Dmitri Rybolovlev bought Donald Trump's 33,000-square-foot Palm Beach mansion for $85 million in 2008, and the fertilizer mogul is now planning to tear it down.

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Who says Russian oligarchs have bad taste? Dmitri Rybolovlev bought Donald Trump’s 33,000-square-foot Palm Beach mansion for $85 million in 2008, and the fertilizer mogul is now planning to tear it down. Apparently the specific problem is mold, and we have no idea what Rybolovlev plans to put in the place of this “colonial-style” eyesore. Nonetheless, let’s give the oligarch the benefit of the doubt, along with some other demolition suggestions, such as this, this, and this.

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