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The Best of Both WorldsGLASS-WALLED GARAGES GIVE CALIFORNIA CARS A STUNNING VIEW.(News)

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Byline: PHIL BERG

The biggest dilemma some readers face, they tell us, is whether to locate their garages at their homes or somewhere else. Homes in residential areas usually don't have space for all of the cars acquired by the truly obsessed, and keeping cars in a warehouse means they risk being neglected.

Jack Corwin, an equity portfolio manager, found a way to squeeze two garages onto a mountainside at his California home, where he houses his favorite sports cars. He also bought and fixed up an old warehouse in the city to keep the rest of his dream fleet, and it happened to include an office, too.

"I had my midlife crisis, and I asked, "Why do I want to go to work?' I worked in this office building and commuted downtown, and the building has elevators that would take me way up to my office and all that.

Corwin missed his cars during the workday, so he moved his work to his warehouse garage's spare office. "Now I live around my cars, and because of that, I just thought, "I want to go to work again,' he says.

There are nine cars under the roof at the Corwin home and about ...

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