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" <br /> the weight-bearing capacity within the Turns out an owl had taken up residence , catching its prey and dropping theIT <br /> shell for lights, speakers, and other equip- bones on the floor . As for the ghost , there are stories of keepers who saw a <br /> ment from 8 , 500 to I25 = 000 pounds . man in an old navy blazer and cap standing before them : Lauren hasn 't <br /> " Who needs 125 , 000 pounds of seen him yet . She ' s been busy finishing research for the project . Next comes <br /> I IT <br /> lights ? " Nudelman asks one afternoon at a structure report and a formal proposal before restoration can begin in full . IT IT LLtTl <br /> the Hollywood Heritage Museum , a " You choose your major and then say , ' Is this really what I want to do with _ <br /> humble homage to cinema he operates my life? "' she says . " I ' m enjoying every minute of it <br /> across the street from the bowl . "Not theIT I <br /> " ' <br /> philharmonic. " As friends in the ' 70s , Frank Peters and <br /> He says that the public didn't learn <br /> Stakin,g a Claim Daniel Delano lived in a fog cabin in an oldILI <br /> ~ ` <br /> about the plan to demolish the existing silver-mining town called Lenado . They had no electricity, no running water. IT <br /> _ _ <br /> IT <br /> IT <br /> shell until it appeared in the local media, Now , the two business partners own that same ramshackle cabin along with <br /> only about a month before the supervisors about half of the town , about 10 miles northeast of Aspen , Colo . Peters , 52 , IT <br /> vote. "The plan itselfwas called a `rehabil- and Delano , 49 , stopped living in the cabin in the ' 80s and built two hotels <br /> nation,' and no one thought that meant in chic Aspen , their rooms going for $ 500 a night in season . The Peters _ T <br /> they would tear down the shell , " says family lives in Aspen ; the Delanos in Lenado . In May 1999 , the two acquired _ IT <br /> vl— <br /> Nudelman , explaining the main com- about 175 acres of the mining town—steep slopes , crumbling cabins , waste ; , : ' ` _ = IT <br /> plaint in the Hollywood Heritage lawsuit. rock piles , and all . It cost $ 1 . 2 million , Peters figures , to acquire and clean <br /> According to Mitchell, "The justifi- up the property , but now , with the land graded - and seeded , the two are LT. IT <br /> f ITT <br /> cation for the project is clear. I think it � ; . ;. renovating the cabins , including one built IT <br /> F . � <br /> iel Delanot 120 years ago by A . J . Varney , Lenado ' s <br /> will stand up in court. " . •'q. ; <br /> If it does, and the plan goes forward n .> ��rss- founder . Peters and Delano have watched IT <br /> ;- -, . <br /> (the lawsuit could reach the courts by Feb- _ ITT <br /> ITT <br /> - }� working ranches in the area become fancyIT <br /> ru , the philharmonichas promisedto estates . " We didn ' t want that to happen to <br /> In <br /> honor the 192,9 shell with commemora- ;; `.._ .; � ,..�,, . ! . Lenado , " says Peters , who had nightmares <br /> 9 <br /> tive signs at the bowl. Says Nudelman, "I - - - that condo developments were overtakin ILL T <br /> g <br /> n not interested in how the obit looks : I - 3' �. ' < everything . Now , he '•s sleeping peacefully . <br /> s ' ^ f' l The cabins may be rented now and then , but <br /> font want the patient to die. E2 - .1- Y <br /> � , IT <br /> -- , - k .r oft, P. there will be no development . Says Peters , I <br /> I IT <br /> Keni Westenbergisa freelance writer in fit - find myself driving up there just to see the <br /> 44 <br /> Santa Monica, Calif. f grass grow . " —Ann Oldenburg _ <br /> J� $ ,VT <br /> JANUARY / FEBRUARY 2001 2j <br /> I To IT IT IT <br /> t <br />