NPR's Chumi Paul buys home in Silver Lake
Jan 25 2012 6:13PM
The Los Angeles Times reports that former National Public Radio producer Chumi Paul has purchased a home in the Silver Lake neighborhood in Los Angeles. She reportedly paid a modest $600,000 for the property.
The home was originally built for Philip Schlessinger, a college professor, and his wife. According to the source, the home was designed by Rudolph Schindler, who began building the home in 1956 but died before it was completed.
Paul is best known for producing AirTalk and got her start as a reporter for a station affiliated with NPR in Honolulu and later moved to Southern California.
The midcentury home offers 1,258 square feet of living space including two bedrooms and one full bathroom. Other features of the home include an office, original wooden sconces and cabinets as well as other built-in additions.
According to The Times, the writer turned producer plans on making renovations to the home. Is has not been reported if she will keep the modernist features designed by Schindler.
