The 20th anniversary of the Northridge earthquake will be arriving this coming Friday. These photos appear in the volume “UCLA: The First Century” and show damage to a dorm room (top) and post-quake repairs to Royce Hall (bottom). Royce was closed for an extended period after the quake while repairs were made.
The rule is clear But as for enforcement… …that might be difficult. (Location on Westwood Plaza near the parking kiosk.)
1966 photo of Bunche Hall by Ansel Adams Indoor-outdoor Bunche Hall tree courtyard; photo by yours truly Bunche at far left in 1927 at former Vermont Ave. campus of UCLA Bunche with then-Chancellor Charles Young at Bunche Hall dedication Given the Israel boycott issue (scroll down for earlier blog posts), here (top) is a photo of Bunche Hall made by Ansel Adams in 1966. Ralph Bunche was a graduate of UCLA in 1927 at the old Vermont Avenue campus. He became the chief UN mediator who secured the first Arab-Israeli armistice in 1949. Video shows Bunche shortly after 1949 armistice…
Campbell’s Bookstore in Westwood (long gone) As we do at the end of each quarter (calendar year quarter; not UCLA quarter), we provide an alternative way to read the blog.You can flip through the 2013 fourth quarter’s blog pages at the link below. However, formatting may be odd and all audio and video will be absent. Some post titles may be truncated. However, you can always return to the actual blog for any missing elements.Below is the alternative reading link:
…And there is not much else to report with UCLA closed and all. The photo is from the LAPL collection and shows three children welcoming in 1910, although they don’t seem overjoyed about it. In 2014, we will continue to post about the fames and follies of UC and UCLA. Meanwhile, the Faculty Association at UCLA wishes you a happy New Year. And since we are in an historical mode, below are links to a description of a New Year’s Eve during World War II, roughly seventy years ago. The recording itself was broadcast about fifty years ago on New…
Marilyn Monroe visits UCLA in 1952.
Actress Marion Davies (older woman towards the right) attends Christmas parties (1953 – top, 1954 – bottom) at the UCLA Marion Davies Children’s Clinic. [Photos from LAPL] And – for today’s holiday offering – a happy ending for another child:[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5mF2TCyS-o?feature=player_detailpage]
Above is a sketch of 29 Palms by famed LA architect Richard Neutra, Christmas 1938, held by special collections in the UCLA library. And below as a tale of the season, told on Dec. 24, 1974:
Driving into Westwood in the early 1940s.
Art can be found in various locations around UCLA. The item above is in the Anderson complex. See description below.
