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Paul Revere Williams, the internationally regarded architect, received the 38th NAACP Spingarn Medal on this date June 26, 1953, for his creative and attractive designs of modern dwellings and commercial structures.Many of the buildings he helped design over his five-decade career are instantly recognizable to Angelenos today, from the grand residences of stars like Lucille Ball and Frank Sinatra to landmarks like the Beverly Hills Hotel and LAX’s spaceship-like Theme Building (part of a collaboration with noted LAX architects William Pereira, Charles Luckman, and Welton Becket).
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