UK News 04-10-2004 who: Shopkeeper Chris Ostwald what: Embroiled in battle with local council over "homage to Gaudi" where: MUSWELL HILL - N10 when: Thsi week snippet: Mr Ostwald, a former movie special effects artist, used steel and sand cement to turn his shop front into a copy of Gaudi`s Casa Batllo in Barcelona, explains The Guardian, a move that at once tests planning regulations and "reflects a concern that shopping streets across Britain are increasingly looking the same." 5,000 people have signed a petition to keep the shop front which will earn Mr Ostwald a £20,000 fine if he fails to remove it within the next five weeks. [... more]

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