Tyler Perry Will Buy, Demolish Your Dream House

A bittersweet story in the Sunday NYT recounted the sale of Dean Gardens, an Atlanta estate known more for its gaudy, tacky, rich-person excesses (and an 18-hole golf course) than anything resembling good taste. Even Tyler Perry can't stand it; the filmmaker and mogul dropped $7.6 million for the 58-acre sprawl just so can raze the dump and build a new house that is "environmentally friendly and made of concrete." Especially the closets. [NYT]