Architect-Entrepreneur John Portman has done as much as anyone to turn Atlanta into a boom townand a good-looking one at that. In the process he has become a multimillionaire. Once a part-time usher in a local moviehouse, he designed and was an initial owner of the $200 million Peachtree Center complex of office buildings, shops, restaurants and hotels, including the spectacular Hyatt Regency Atlanta, that has revived the city's downtown.
Portman is now working his special magic in other urban areas. In San Francisco, he is chief planner and part owner of the...
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