The word in the neighborhood The Boston Globe
''The house really doesn't bother me. Probably people on the street it bothers more. Everybody is different in Cambridge, but it's the only weird house I've ever seen like that.''
JIM BRAGAN, LETTER CARRIER
   ''It's an awful lot of corrugated steel. When I saw it I thought, my gosh, what a very strong visual presence – and it's pretty ugly.''
PETER PELL, PASSERBY
   ''As it was going on, I didn't agree with some of what they were doing, but when it was done, I liked it. I like different things, I don't like same old, same old.''
STEPHEN CRASCO,
S.M. CRASCO ELECTRICAL
WORKED ON HOME
   ''It is amazing, I really like it. ... It will be a hit in design magazines, and it will raise questions and educate, although the general public won't understand it. Maybe it's a little before its time.''
JOHN HONG, ARCHITECT
SINGLE SPEED DESIGN, CAMBRIDGE
   ''It's outstanding, odd, strange and different, but as a building inspector, what I'm concerned about is safety. Is it pretty? It's a matter of taste. To me, it's not more pretty or less pretty than the next house.''
CHENIER DURAND,
CAMBRIDGE BUILDING INSPECTOR