miscellaneous

An early view of Royce Hall from the rear (late 1920s or early 30s) taken from where the Anderson School now stands.

Lithograph of the State Normal School in downtown LA in the late 1800s. The School moved from this location – where the LA main library now stands – to Vermont Avenue (where LA City College is now located). It became the first campus of UCLA before the move to Westwood in the late 1920s. Note: Yours will be in transit for about a week. Blogging may be slow.

We earlier posted the elaborate video from the Housing Empire on dorm-related construction said to be needed to turn UCLA from a commuter school to a residence school. See http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2011/08/construction-and-demolition.html Some folks, after seeing the video, wondered where that goal came from and why it exists. But the answer is obvious. We wouldn’t want students to live in off-campus apartment buildings such as the one in Palms shown above – would we? For more on all of this, check out http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-luxury-student-housing-20110904,0,737126.story

The view from Wilshire and Westwood Boulevards looking north toward the campus in 1932.

A UCLA student who went to fight with rebel soldiers in Libya was apparently sent back to the U.S. … An Al Jazeera producer said his correspondents in Libya learned that rebels told Chris Jeon to leave the area… Jeon’s parents did not know their son had gone to Libya until journalists told them. Full story at http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/los_angeles&id=8341013 And from http://www.gadailynews.com/world/72656-ucla-math-major-chris-jeon-thought-it-would-be-cool-to-join-the-rebels-and-fight-khadafy-in-libya.html we learn: “I thought it would be cool to join the rebels,” he said. “I just thought I’d come check it out.” Jeon, 21, doesn’t speak any Arabic. He couldn’t work the AK-47 he was handed. ====== Video at:

The Westwood Observation Tower stood at Beverly Glen and Wilshire at a time – before the current UCLA campus opened – when there was little to observe.

The third in our sequence of aerial photos of Westwood. This one probably taken in the 1950s. The Occidental building on Wilshire appears to be under construction. There is now much development at UCLA beyond Westwood. Earlier photos from the 1930s and 1920s are at http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2011/08/ucla-history-1930s-westwood.html and http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2011/08/ucla-history-1920s-westwood.html

Compared with our prior blog entry, Westwood was further developed as of 1936. And for those readers who may be on the East Coast today dealing with Hurricane Irene, we suggest: Or maybe:

Aerial view of Westwood in 1920s. A few recognizable buildings appear. UCLA’s new campus may have been under construction when this photo was taken. If so, it would have been a bit north of the top of the photo.