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The Castle the Beatles Built

The Library John Burcham for the New York Times

... along with the Animals and the Stones and a little help from Mr. Ortega.
   In 1984, Isabro Ortega started building a house on some land his parents had left him in Truchas, New Mexico. With the music of the British invasion bands to keep him company, the self-taught woodcarver created ~ and continues to create ~ unique ceilings, floors, furniture, and rosettes of beaten copper for his Casa de las Nubes (story and slideshow): http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/15/garden/in-new-mexico-a-home-made-with-love-and-a-small-utility-knife.html?pagewanted=1&hpw&_r=0

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