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Post #76517 by ikitnrev on Tue, Feb 17, 2004 4:18 PM
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An interesting bit of trivia about the Encounter building is that one of the contributing architects was a man named Paul Revere Williams - who was an African-American. Although he eventually became known as the 'architect to the stars', for the first 50 years of his life he was not able to buy a home and live in the nicer parts of L.A. He succeeded despite racial prejudices early in his career - he learned to draw upside down so his uncomfortable white clients would not have to sit next to him. In addition to the Encounter building, he was also the main architect for Frank Sinatra's 1950's bachelor pad. A short biography on Paul Williams can be found here ... A picture of architect Paul Williams in front of the Encounter Building ..... Vern |