Kim Fahey's Phonehenge

Phonehenge, the creation of Kim Fahey is seen at Kimble's home in Acton, Calif., a mountainous arid area north of Los Angeles, Tuesday, June 14, 2011. He constructed the colorful collection of oddball buildings connected by bridges and ramps over nearly 30 years without bothering to get building permits or having the county sign off on the electrical wiring or plumbing.

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Thu., July 7, 2011

Kim Fahey stands at the unfinished upper flooors of his Phonehenge monument, at his home in Acton, Calif., in a mountainous arid area north of Los Angeles, Tuesday, June 14, 2011. He constructed the colorful collection of oddball buildings connected by bridges and ramps over nearly 30 years without bothering to get building permits or having the county sign off on the electrical wiring or plumbing.

Reed Saxon Associated Press
Kim Fahey stands on his 'elevator,' actually a scissor lift, at its topmost extension for a view of the top of his Phonehenge monument at his home in Acton, Calif., in a mountainous arid area north of Los Angeles, Tuesday, June 14, 2011.

Reed Saxon Associated Press
Kim Fahey, seen through a steel ring salvaged from a Metro tunneling project, sits on a balcony on the uncompleted upper floors of Phonehenge, at his home in Acton, Calif., in a mountainous arid area north of Los Angeles, Tuesday, June 14, 2011. He constructed the colorful collection of oddball buildings connected by bridges and ramps over nearly 30 years without bothering to get building permits or having the county sign off on the electrical wiring or plumbing.

Reed Saxon Associated Press
Alan Kimble West, better known as Kim West, is seen on a ramp between buildings at his home in Acton, Calif., in a mountainous arid area north of Los Angeles, Tuesday, June 14, 2011. He constructed the colorful collection of oddball buildings connected by bridges and ramps over nearly 30 years without bothering to get building permits or having the county sign off on the electrical wiring or plumbing.

Reed Saxon Associated Press
Phonehenge, the creation of Kim Fahey is seen at Kimble's home in Acton, Calif., a mountainous arid area north of Los Angeles, Tuesday, June 14, 2011. He constructed the colorful collection of oddball buildings connected by bridges and ramps over nearly 30 years without bothering to get building permits or having the county sign off on the electrical wiring or plumbing.

Reed Saxon Associated Press
Kim Fahey prepares to ride the "elevator," actually a scissor lift, the the upper level of Phonehenge at his home in Acton, Calif., in a mountainous arid area north of Los Angeles, Tuesday, June 14, 2011. He constructed the colorful collection of oddball buildings connected by bridges and ramps over nearly 30 years without bothering to get building permits or having the county sign off on the electrical wiring or plumbing.

Reed Saxon Associated Press
Kim Fahey is seen with his Phonehenge monument at his home in Acton, Calif., in a mountainous arid area north of Los Angeles, Tuesday, June 14, 2011. He constructed the colorful collection of oddball buildings connected by bridges and ramps over nearly 30 years without bothering to get building permits or having the county sign off on the electrical wiring or plumbing.

Reed Saxon Associated Press