Architect Irving Gill does time in the big T!
While on a walk about with the Torrance historical society, I tried to keep a level head as I heard big names being dropped. "Irving Gill, Diego Rivera...yada yada" Turns out the Irving Gill part is true. We've got 9 Irving Gill's, one of which happens to be a personal favorite that I drive though almost on a daily basis. (Gill Considered an architectural "cubist" of his day he was famous for his minimalistic approach with hygiene and economy in mind. For him, "the source of all architectural strength" emerged from the straight line, the arch, the cube, and the circle in combination." The New Architecture of the West, 1916 )
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