Paul Gapp

Paul Gapp was a Pulitzer Prize-winning architecture critic for the Chicago Tribune known for his sharp critiques and insightful commentary on architectural design. In the 1980s, he famously faced a $500 million defamation lawsuit from Donald Trump after criticizing Trump's proposal for a skyscraper in Manhattan, which he deemed excessively ambitious and detrimental to the city’s aesthetic. The lawsuit was ultimately dismissed, reinforcing the principles of protected opinion in media.