fun stuff about the secret hideaway's builders

the orange county register did a rather delightful piece on david young, the founder of young building corp. (and father of the man who designed and built me):
 
David Young's life marked by artful politics

Think of him as the spoonful of sugar and the medicine.



David Young has been called a passionate man of principle, a sage, a purist - and a stubborn, ornery obstructionist. Young, soon to celebrate his 93rd birthday, spent a half-century helping build Laguna Beach's reputation as an arts haven and artfully - or ruthlessly - opposing anything he felt threatened that reputation. Many have tried to sum him up, but it's hard to top "innocent dupe of the Red Menace."

the young building corp. was founded in 1884 by young's grandfather. young was a long-time board member for the iconic festival of the arts/pageant of the masters, as well as a founder of the laguna college of art and design.

read the register's full story here.