|
|
Article: Now playing in Lake Forest: Mr. T in chainsaw massacre
- Article from:
- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- May 22, 1987
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright (null) Chicago Sun-Times. (Hide copyright information)
|
Call him Mr. T, not Mr. Tree.
The scowling, growling star of TV's "A Team" has angered some of
his Lake Forest neighbors by cutting down many of the trees on his
property.
City officials of the exclusive North Shore suburb - named a
"Tree City USA" for seven consecutive years - have been told that Mr.
T has a landscape plan. But neighbors call it the Lake Forest
Chainsaw Massacre.
"It's maples, oaks, elms, everything," Betsy Kitzerow, whose
home is next to the actor's 7-acre estate, complained Thursday. "He's
changing the character of the neighborhood. It affects my property,
as well."
With his mohawk and neck chains, Mr. T stands out in upper-crust
Lake Forest. A Chicago Sun-Times ...