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Pioneer of the L.A. look: Paul R. Williams wasn't just 'architect to the stars,' he shaped the city


Pioneer of the L.A. look: Paul R. Williams wasn t just architect to the stars, he shaped the city
Carolina A. Miranda
© (Anna Higgie / For The Times)
Paul R. Williams designed buildings in a range of styles including Spanish Revival and Modern that have come to define the L.A. landscape. His buildings include, clockwise from top left, Golden State Mutual Life Insurance, Beverly Hills Hotel s Crescent Wing, Al Jolson memorial shrine, 28th Street YMCA, Paul R. Williams Residence and Nickerson Gardens. (Anna Higgie / For The Times)
Buried beneath a weather report and an investigation into a regional planning commissioner, a brief news item appeared in The Times about the death on Jan. 23, 1980, of architect Paul Revere Williams at the age of 85. ....

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Beyond 'architect to the stars': Paul Williams shaped L.A.


Buried beneath a weather report and an investigation into a regional planning commissioner, a brief news item appeared in The Times about the death on Jan. 23, 1980, of architect Paul Revere Williams at the age of 85.
Three days later, the paper ran an obituary. That report was a bit more complete. It featured a photograph of Williams and ran through a handful of his achievements: He was the first Black architect to be admitted into the ranks of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and a wildly prolific designer who’d had a hand in designing well-known commercial and civic buildings (such as the Los Angeles County Courthouse), as well as graceful homes for celebrities such as Frank Sinatra, Barbara Stanwyck and Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. Yet his death was not treated as big news. The modest obituary ran on page 22. ....

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