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'I just want my house to be different'
published: Tuesday | February 13, 2007 <DIV class=KonaBody xEM5i="true">
Robert Lalah, Assistant Editor - Features
Left: The towering house in Bushy Park, St. Catherine, attracts crowds everyday. Right: When the dome in the Indian section is completed, it will light up and spin. There is also a <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 700; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">prayer</SPAN> room in this area. - Photos by Robert Lalah
It's not uncommon for Alphonso Latchman to be sitting on the balcony of his home, looking at the mountains in the distance and be interrupted by the sound of screeching tires. It happens at least four times everyday when drivers traveling through Bushy Park in St. Catherine get their first glimpse of his massive home.
"I don't mind it. I just like when my house is different from everybody else house," he chuckled.
And different it is. You see, Mr. Latchman is a well-travelled fellow who's intent on making his home, which isn't finished yet, into a monument of sorts. Something like the shrines and castles he's seen on his many <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">trips</SPAN> across the globe.
He was born in <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">Jamaica</SPAN> but spent 30 years living in and working 16-hour days in England.
"At first, I worked on the <A class=kLink oncontextmenu="return false;" id=KonaLink3 onmouseover=adlinkMouseOver(event,this,3); style="POSITION: static; TEXT-DECORATION: underline! important" onclick=adlinkMouseClick(event,this,3); onmouseout=adlinkMouseOut(event,this,3); href="http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20070213/news/news1.html#" target=_new><SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! imp
published: Tuesday | February 13, 2007 <DIV class=KonaBody xEM5i="true">
Robert Lalah, Assistant Editor - Features
Left: The towering house in Bushy Park, St. Catherine, attracts crowds everyday. Right: When the dome in the Indian section is completed, it will light up and spin. There is also a <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 700; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">prayer</SPAN> room in this area. - Photos by Robert Lalah
It's not uncommon for Alphonso Latchman to be sitting on the balcony of his home, looking at the mountains in the distance and be interrupted by the sound of screeching tires. It happens at least four times everyday when drivers traveling through Bushy Park in St. Catherine get their first glimpse of his massive home.
"I don't mind it. I just like when my house is different from everybody else house," he chuckled.
And different it is. You see, Mr. Latchman is a well-travelled fellow who's intent on making his home, which isn't finished yet, into a monument of sorts. Something like the shrines and castles he's seen on his many <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">trips</SPAN> across the globe.
He was born in <SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! important; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; POSITION: relative">Jamaica</SPAN> but spent 30 years living in and working 16-hour days in England.
"At first, I worked on the <A class=kLink oncontextmenu="return false;" id=KonaLink3 onmouseover=adlinkMouseOver(event,this,3); style="POSITION: static; TEXT-DECORATION: underline! important" onclick=adlinkMouseClick(event,this,3); onmouseout=adlinkMouseOut(event,this,3); href="http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20070213/news/news1.html#" target=_new><SPAN class=kLink style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400; COLOR: orange! imp
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