330 Homes Fall 2023

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On fall Sundays, homeowner Angelo Zimbardi — an avid Cleveland Browns fan who painted his home office orange — can typically be found in his basement watching football “until the cows come home” in a lounge area featuring a framed Walter Payton Chicago Bears jersey. And the fan experience doesn’t end there. It’s a family tradition that the basement bathroom has a urinal, and it can be used during commercial breaks so barely any game action is missed. “My grandpa had one, my father had one, so I had to have one too,” Angelo says. In fact, the thought occurred to him to put in a trough, reminiscent of the men’s rooms at the former Browns Municipal Stadium.

“It is tempting,” he says, “But Nicole wouldn’t let me.”

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