California Coastal Officials Deny U2’s “The Edge” Permission To Build 5 Mansions
From the archive: published Jun 17, 2011, 15 years ago. Details may have changed since.
U2 Guitarist David Evans, better known to his millions of fans as The Edge has been denied the necessary permits required to build five massive mansions along an environmentally sensitive ridgeline above Malibu.
Speaking to the Los Angeles Times one of those officials said:
“In 38 years of this commission’s existence, this is one of the three worst projects that I’ve seen in terms of environmental devastation.”
While Evans claims the project is full of “green” standards including solar panels, recycled materials, a rainwater catchment system and other additions.
According to officials the project, which is now likely to end up in court, is simple too large to qualify as eco-friendly and would set a dangerous precedent in the area.