UCLA History: Fowler
Before the Fowler Museum moved to the UCLA campus, it stood on Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills as this 1978 photo shows.
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UCLA History: Children’s Hospital
Photo from LA Public Library collection. Photograph caption dated January 9, 1958 reads, “Marion Davies presents check for $1,500,000 to build a new Marion Davies Children’s Wing at UCLA Medical Center to Edwin W. Pauley, chairman of the board of regents. Watching are Vern O. Knudsen, UCLA vice chancellor, and Dr. Stafford L. Warren (right), dean of the UCLA Medical School. An architect’s sketch of the medical center is in the background.” In 1998, the hospital was renamed the Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA in recognition of the gift made to the hospital by Mattel, Inc.
Second Coming of the Hotel/Conference Center Business Plan
Readers of this blog will know that the hotel/conference center business plan originally released when the structure was planned to replace the Faculty Center did not make sense. Since then, although UCLA has released conceptual hints about the hotel design and plan, no actual plan has been produced. Below is what appears to be the schedule for the second coming of the business plan and other elements of the proposal: March 27: Plan goes to the Regents for Budget Review. So far, the business plan is apparently still in preparation (!) and so it has not been released to…
UCLA History: Level Parking
Parking in the pre-parking structure age on the UCLA campus (1961).
Letters Arriving on Proposed UCLA Japanese Garden Sale
Click on the letter to enlarge it. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltbDNbmCnGc&w=320&h=195]
Regents’ Court Petition to Allow Sale of UCLA Japanese Garden
As readers of this blog know, we have been posting documents related to UCLA’s proposed sale of the Japanese Garden. The university’s ownership of the garden followed from a donation by Regent Edward Carter in the 1960s. Carter’s wealth arose from his department stores. You can see his signature on the stock certificate from Broadway-Hale and later one from Carter-Hawley-Hale. The donation by Carter was modified by an agreement in the early 1980s. However, because the sequence of agreements required that the university maintain the garden in perpetuity, once UCLA determined to sell the garden, it had to go to…
The 2009 “Toolbox” Report and the Japanese Garden (& Other Issues)
Given the ongoing budget crisis, UCLA formed a task force to look at various revenue-generating options. The report of the task force is dated April 24, 2009. Among the possibilities considered was the sale of various properties including the Japanese Garden. The report indicates that consultations with the state Attorney General were underway well before the 2010 court decision that permitted the sale, even though it was inconsistent with the existing terms of the donation.The report explores other areas such as faculty pay, fund raising, “branding,” and tuition. You can read the full report at the link below (scroll towards…
We’re still waiting for the hotel business plan
The UCLA Faculty Association requested the hotel/conference center business plan documentation a long time ago under the state’s Public Records Act. Time seems to go by so slowly in Murphy Hall:
UCLA History: Bunche Instructor
Photo of an unidentified professor at UCLA’s Vermont Avenue campus in 1925 said to be one of the instructors of Ralph Bunche.
Official UCLA E-mail Response to Complaints About the Japanese Garden Sale
I have so far been forwarded two responses to communications sent to Chancellor Block about the proposed sale of the Japanese Garden. Apparently, when such complaints are received, a response is sent under the name of EVC Waugh. The text was the same in both cases so I assume others have received the official response. The recipient of one of the official responses gave permission for the text to be reproduced. If you scroll towards the bottom of this posting, you will find it in italics. The response indicates that consultation was conducted with the local neighboring groups. At the…