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Los Angeles, CA recent comments:

  • U.S. Bank Tower, thewidow_02 (guest) wrote 18 years ago:
    The landmark in Downtown LA!!!! I like this building a lot (after the Figueroa And Wilshire Building!)
  • Figueroa at Wilshire, thewidow_02 (guest) wrote 18 years ago:
    This is my favorite building in LA!!!!!!!!!!!! I love it, it should have more advertising globally!!!!!
  • Playa Vista, Marshall19 (guest) wrote 18 years ago:
    Are you perhaps thinking of the natural gas underneath Playa Vista? That leaked in from the nearby storage reservoir, and not buried in drums. Additionally, Hughes had nothing to do with it.
  • Stoney Point Park (L.A. City park), Salty (guest) wrote 18 years ago:
    I climbed up here a lot. When I lived about a block away, even my German Shepard Climbed with assistance. It is made of sandstone and crumbling rock when doing technical climbing nearly did me in a few times.
  • Chatsworth Nature Preserve and Reservoir (site), Salty (guest) wrote 18 years ago:
    I used to live on the fence line when there was water in the reservoir. The dear would walk by and it was a stopping place for migrating birds. The DWP built this as part of the distribution system for the Owens River Aqueduct. There is a nearby street named Owensmouth because Mulholand moved the mouth of the Owens River here. The dike was found to be damaged by earthquakes and DWP decided not to rebuild it.
  • 'Corporate Pointe at West Hills', Salty (guest) wrote 18 years ago:
    This was originally the campus of Bunker Ramo an early technology Company.
  • Los Angeles Pierce College, Salty (guest) wrote 18 years ago:
    Pierce indenture for the grant of the land was that agriculture must be taught and practiced here. When he did that Los Angeles County produced more agriculture dollars than any in the US. Now we grow houses.
  • Sepulveda Dam, Salty (guest) wrote 18 years ago:
    A friend who lived here before the Dam said that there were floods here regularly. The basin behind the dam is intended as a settling area (where water goes into the ground). Oxnard was put through very late and some years back there was a flash flood during the rush hour and a lot cars ended up under water.
  • the Dickson Court Bridge, Salty (guest) wrote 18 years ago:
    This was the first structure on campus. Access was from Hilgard to the east. The bridge was required to get to the building site where Royce hall was constructed. My High School Math teacher attended UCLA during the Great Depression and talked of the students who lived under the bridge because they could not afford housing. The ravines water flow is exposed in the botanical gardens to the south east.
  • Inverted Fountain, Salty (guest) wrote 18 years ago:
    This is one of the most fun places on campus. The desiner was concerned about getting the students wet when the wind blew. The fountain is a big circle with a high curb running around it. inside the curb water wells up and runs down to a whole in the center over river rocks. It sounds like a mountain stream and on hot days sitting inside is very refreshing.
  • Chancellor's Estate, Salty (guest) wrote 18 years ago:
    The only faculty residence built under the original master plan. Tje nicest place to live around here. Many students don't even know its there.
  • Dead Man's Curve, Salty (guest) wrote 18 years ago:
    This used to be negatively banked because UCLA would not give up land for fill and the City was too cheep to build a retaining wall.
  • Los Angeles California Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon), Salty (guest) wrote 18 years ago:
    There used to be a hight restriction in LA. Only the LA City Hall and this building were taller when I first lived in Westwood.
  • Los Angeles National Cemetery, Salty (guest) wrote 18 years ago:
    Sawtelle Cemetery was the informal name. There is a monument at the south east corner to soldiers and sailors of the Spanish American War.
  • Federal Building, Salty (guest) wrote 18 years ago:
    This was built on the Vetrans Adminstration property which was to be the Old soldiers' home. Before the building there was a driving range here.
  • Geffen Playhouse, Salty (guest) wrote 18 years ago:
    Some people think this is outside the campus, but UCLA owns the property north of Wilshire Blvd, West to Veterans. The commercial area to the south and the residential area to the north west are on 99 year leases. UCLA has right of first refusal when lease holds change hands and have exercised the rights more and more since the original campus area is built out. I looking forward to the lease expiration to see what happens. Westwood Village, the commercial area, was developed by Jans Investment Co. in conjunction with the Pacific Electric. Jans donated the steps named after him that lead from Dickson Plaza down to the valley to the west.
  • UCLA Medical Center Plaza, Salty (guest) wrote 18 years ago:
    This is where new construction went when there wasn't any more room across the street
  • Public Affairs Building, Salty (guest) wrote 18 years ago:
    Used to be the Business School. The southern wing was built by IBM to house the Western Computer Center. This had a mainframe, cooling tower and 24 hour IBM techs. in a time when computers were gigantic. The Amdahl designed IBM 360/91 produced so much heat that on hot August days the 3 story cooling tower could not keep up with it and the computer would have to be shut down.
  • Ralph J.Bunche Hall, Salty (guest) wrote 18 years ago:
    Named for graduate and diplomat Ralf Bunche. Bunch grew up in LA and was the assistant to the UN High Commissioner on the question if Isreal should become a State. The High Commissioner was blown up and Bunche is believed to have changed the recommendation to support Israel independence. When the building was constructed the students hated it so much that the hung the architect in effigy. The high rise section was named the waffle iron because of the protruding windows. The low rise section has an atrium. It was the tallest building on campus and we used the roof for practicing with sextants.
  • Murphy Hall, Salty (guest) wrote 18 years ago:
    This is a complex of building s that were added from West to East. The student records were kept here. During the Rein of John Wooden, Bill Walton and a few of his friends occupied Murphy Hall to protest something. He and some of his athlete friends decided to block the main entrance by turning over one of the gasoline powered Cushman cars used by the service staff. The gasoline leaked out and the Registrar was concerned that the student records might burn. He called the LA Fire department. LA Fire would only respond if LAPD was allowed on campus (UCLA and other UC Campuses have University Police who are State Police Officers with state wide authority.) The LAPD sent a large contingent of riot police who latter broke through the ranks of the University Police in order to beat students. Bill Walton was not punished for what he did even though it was felony that resulted in many being injured.