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Chain Link Fence Around UCLA-Santa Monica Hospital Gone
Although the new wing of the UCLA-Santa Monica Hospital was dedicated some time ago, the Wilshire side remained surrounded by an ugly chain link fence until recently. Yours truly passed by yesterday and took this photo. The Wilshire gate is still locked, however, and a sign declares the front landscaped area to be a construction zone. It’s unclear what is being constructed.
UCLA History: Map
The map shown above represents Westwood and UCLA in 1934. It is a component of a larger LA-area map available for manipulation at http://www.bigmapblog.com/2011/los-angeles-the-wonder-city-of-america-1934/
UCLA History: Sept. 1930 Extension Catalog
In earlier posts (scroll to bottom), we reproduced some UC Extension catalogs from the early 1930s from the LA area. I have now located another catalog – this one from September 1930. The Extension operation operated out of a building on 8th and Hill Street in downtown LA with sites for courses scattered around the County and out to Ventura and Riverside. Extension appears to have been run out of Berkeley (UCLA was still the “Southern Branch” of UC and had just moved to its Westwood location) but the UCLA provost was later represented on its controlling board. He is…
Efforts to Designate Faculty Center as Historic Structure Continuing
CurbedLA reports that in the aftermath of the controversy over demolishing the UCLA Faculty Center for a hotel/conference center (now proposed to be located elsewhere), the LA Conservancy is continuing efforts to protect the building. In part it is doing so by holding events there – see below. In part it is trying to get a designation of the Faculty Center as an historical resource – also see below. The photo shows tea on the opening day of the Faculty Center in 1959. WESTWOOD: The LA Conservancy’s Modern Committee is giving out its third annual set of Modern Masters Awards…
UCLA as Cornell
As anyone who has been on the UCLA campus for a period of time knows, the campus is often used for movie and TV locations. Recently, in the 2011 film “Water for Elephants,” UCLA briefly became Cornell, as the photo from the film shows. (The plot involves a veterinary student at Cornell whose studies are interrupted by a family tragedy and joins the circus during the 1930s.) UCLA has rules about filming on campus, reproduced in italic below. FAQs for Film and Photography Shoots at UCLA Summary: Here are the answers to your most frequently asked questions. How much notice…
UCLA History: Havel
Václav Havel, the former dissident playwright and president of Czechoslovakia who died yesterday, visited UCLA on October 25, 1991 when the Czech and Slovak parts of Czechoslovakia were still somewhat united. He received the UCLA Medal. Oddly, the LA Times made little reference to the event – at least so it appears after a significant web search. Apparently, Havel was originally supposed to come on April 18, 1991, according to an LA Times story the previous February: See http://articles.latimes.com/1991-02-07/news/we-1183_1_czech-leader However, it seems that the April date was postponed. I found no reference to the actual visit in the LA Times,…
Three Regents Meet with UCLA Students
The Daily Bruin online edition reported that last week Regent Chair Lansing met with several UCLA students: UC regents hear student input at UCLA after recent midyear budget cuts JILLIAN BECK, 12/17/11 Members of the UC Board of Regents met with undergraduate and graduate student leaders at UCLA Friday morning to discuss ways to work directly with students, days after another multi-million dollar cut in state funding was dealt to the UC. The visit fulfilled a promise Regent Chair Sherry Lansing made at the Nov. 28 UC regents meeting. Lansing said she planned to travel to each of the UC campuses…
Faculty Center Calls for Donations
As readers of this blog will know, the existing UCLA Faculty Center building was originally slated for demolition under the now-revised hotel/conference center plan. With the revision, the Faculty Center was spared but must now deal with its financial problems. A call for donations has gone out, reproduced in italics below: With the dramatic challenges of this year now behind us, the Board of Governors can turn its attention to modernizing our beloved Faculty Center: e.g. renovating and remodeling rooms and public spaces, and upgrading conference and event-hosting capabilities. To do so we encourage your support. In celebration of the…
UCLA History: Fair
A Westwood Street Fair in 1978.