AM Hucks: Hagadomain Becoming Talk O’ Town

‘Twas nice to walk into the Coeur d’Alene Starbucks Thursday morning and hear coffee klatchers discussing revelations about Duane Hagadone’s controversial mega-house in Palm Desert, Calif. The info came from my Thursday column. I answered a klatcher’s question about Hagadone’s proposed expanded foot pad of 61,000 square feet. (No, the house of 32,016 square feet doesn’t cover all that.) I told another he woulda gotten a jump on the story if he’d read this blog Wednesday. Much of what you see here goes online the previous day. (Editor’s note: Quit your shameless blog promotion.) I published more new material and a link to a photo of Hagadone’s desert digs yesterday. Huckleberries Online published part of a BusinessWeek article, labeled correctly “Very Conspicuous Consumption.” In describing the Hagaplex, it sez: “The house is nothing if not spectacular. Built into the side of a mountain, and overlooking 11 golf courses in three directions, the futuristic spread has 19 electronic, movable glass walls that can open onto the mountain air and the vast network of pools that weave through the property. The pools themselves are a work of art, tiled with 4.5 million tiles shipped in from Italy.” Hagadone is quoted: “I’m 74, and I’m not getting younger. I want to enjoy it.” The neighbors can’t say the same. They’re angry that the Hagadomicile defiles their historic mountain vista. I doubt that The Duane is losing any sleep about that. (My Palm Desert contacts – my Berry Pickers are everywhere – say they’ll provide more photos by Monday.)