1939 – Paul Revere Williams Project

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Williams receives an Award of Merit from the Southern California (Los Angeles) Chapter of AIA (American Institute of Architecture) for the Music Corporation of America building.

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[timeline_event category=”News at the Time” title=”Extensive New Store Unit to be Opened Tomorrow” images=”1776″]Los Angeles Times, August 20, 1939

“The doors of the newly completed five-story addition to the Saks Fifth Avenue store … Beverly Hills, are scheduled to be opened tomorrow … The charm of the original building continues through the new addition. There is a series of rooms decorated and furnished in keeping with the type of merchandise displayed … The beautiful restaurant on the roof will be supervised by Alexander D. Perino … Architect Paul Williams designed the building” and the interior in collaboration with Tom Douglas.

This photograph of Saks interior is by Maynard L. Parker courtesy of The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.[/timeline_event]