Los Angeles County Courthouse (aka the best flatground spot in LA)- 1967- by Paul Revere Williams, J.E. Stanton, and Austin, Field, & Frey.⠀ ⠀ It’s nearly impossible to find classic downtown skate spots that weren’t designed by white men. To this day, women and POC are thoroughly underrepresented in the architectural profession. More specifically, only 2% of all licensed architects in the US are black, and only 0.3% are black women. The LA Courthouse is one of those rare exceptions. One of its lead designers, Paul R. Williams, was the first licensed black architect west of the Mississippi, a title which he achieved in 1923. He went on to design and oversee the construction of over 2,500 buildings in the LA area, spanning scales and styles, from LAX to houses for Frank Sinatra and Lucille Ball.⠀ ⠀ @fairtax from @411videomagazine ‘s @stereoskateboards issue, #65- in 2004. There’s plenty of spots at the LA Courthouse, but I still can’t remember anybody else stepping to this one that was pretty much hidden in plain sight for years.⠀ ⠀ #losangelesarchitecture #paulreverewilliams #losangelesskateboarding⠀ (at Stanley Mosk Courthouse) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGIYevClXFP/?igshid=1mtjysgpwh5kb