{"id":482444,"date":"2026-10-02T05:48:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T05:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/482444\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T05:48:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T05:48:21","slug":"paul-revere-was-here-on-the-trail-of-l-a-s-legendary-architect-paul-r-williams-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/482444\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Revere Was Here: On the Trail of L.A.&#8217;s Legendary Architect Paul R. Williams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PAUL REVERE WAS HERE:<br \/>On the Trail of L.A.\u2019s Legendary Architect Paul R. Williams<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"u-wysiwyg__image wp-image-465264\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1790920101_989_Paul-R.-Williams-1951.-Herald-Examiner-Collection_Los-Angeles-Public-Library-240x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"375\"  \/>Paul R. Williams, 1951. Herald-Examiner Collection\/Los Angeles Public Library.<\/p>\n<p>In\u00a02026, Paul R. Williams\u2019s story enters a profound new chapter. The recent opening of the Paul R. Williams archives to the public\u2014celebrated through landmark, collaborative exhibits at LACMA, The Getty, and USC\u2014offers unprecedented access to his genius.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>By any measure, the accomplishments of trailblazing architect Paul Revere Williams are astounding. In a career spanning almost six decades, Williams designed more than 3,000 structures and mastered a range of architectural styles. And, as\u00a0the first Black architect admitted to the AIA, he broke racial barriers and triumphed over racism, paving the way for future generations of talented Black architects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PAUL REVERE WAS HERE:On the Trail of L.A.\u2019s Legendary Architect Paul R. Williams Paul R. Williams, 1951. Herald-Examiner&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":482445,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[48,52,51,47,50,49],"class_list":["post-482444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482444\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}