UCLA Buildings, Early Morning II

Some buildings and some shots of the newly rebuilt bombshelter.

This is one wing of Powell library.  Great balcony, I'm sure it gets lots of use.

And this is the other wing of Powell library.  No balcony, so sad.

A door to Moore.

The California Nano Systems building, view from the new bombshelter.

Seating area, new bombshelter, view from above.

Seating area, new bombshelter, view from the ground.

Small Images: Set Pieces from Around UCLA

Some items I noticed on my last walk.

Love those vines in the early morn light.  Not the kind Tarzan could swing on though.

Lightpost.  Originally from the Lion, the Witch and the Website.  Just outside the closet, in the snow.

26 stars on the tiddly wink.  14 around the rim.  Why 14?  And why this pattern?

Water on the park bench.  Dew? Or sprinkler remnant?

Air conditioner on the biology building.  Will these go away as they refurbish the building and install 20th century temperature controls?

The reflecting pond.

A friendly door.

UCLA Signs

Some signs around UCLA.

Is that a parking bumper in front?  For where the Chancellor parks his Humvee as he drives around campus?

Fill in the blank.  I'm guessing "4"!

Or perhaps the right answer is "brick"!

Instruction manuals are needed because people think the solid red palm means there's a fortune teller nearby.

UCLA and Westwood Found Objects

Some odds and ends from in and around UCLA.

Odd striping.  This is what happens if you paint while drinking.

An askew no jaywalking sign; adding to the ambiance of faded glory that envelopes Westwood.

I really have no idea.  Perhaps a scaffolding for midgets?  Spacecraft infrastructure?  This is on the roof surrounded by roofing tiles stacked umpteen deep.

So many illegal bike racks, so little time.

UCLA Buildings, Early Morning

Shots of UCLA buildings early morning just after the daylights savings time shift.  Suddenly it was early daylight when I arrive on campus.

The Teraski building.  Reflections on trees in windows.

Again Terasaki building.  Many windows.

I've never really appreciated this building, but it does have several interesting architectural features, which I haven't quite managed to get yet.  This is one try.  That round stairwell is an interesting feature.  I'll keep trying to snap it.

Glow-in-the-light entrance to the parking structure.  They try hard to hide these things, make them less than ugly.

UCLA Plant Life

The existence of odd plants.

I don't know what sort of fruit these are.  I'm guessing this is the current evolutionary path of the pod people that took over the world in the 50's.  Perhaps a vampire pod people that like to hang upside from trees while growing into pods that can take over the world.

Prickly little creature.

Bottle brush for dusting those hard to reach places.

Corridors of Power

Corridors and doors and throughways at UCLA.

Corridor through construction, adjacent to Pauli Pavilion. 


Canyon alongside Engineering 4. 

See through C(N)SI building to the parking lot behind and the transportation building in the distance.  This room obviously has a wonderful view of the parking lot. 


See through the emergency exit to the parking lot behind. 



Corridor of power, Biology building. 



Bustling corridor of power, Center for the Health Sciences.  And yes, it is always this busy.  Two or three blocks in front of us, at least a block behind us.  Match this Pentagon!

Door Number One or Door Number Two or Door Number ...

We do a study of doors and parking signs adorning the Engineering 4 building. Which door should I take? Can I park there? Stop? What kind of directions are there for each door? Which one has the all expenses paid vacation for 2 behind it? Which one has the goat?

Stop. And don't block the door. Emergencies exit from this door.


And behind door number 1. But remember: No stopping.


Extra bonus non-door picture. Still no stopping anytime. It's dangerous because of the high voltage.


What's behind door number 2? Still no stopping!

Now we're up to door number 3. Have you made your choice? Now you can stop, but you can't park.

Door Number 4. Turn off your engine. Does that mean I can park?


Two doors 5 and 6 for the price of one. This decision is killing me. Now you have to turn off your engine, but the yellow sign says you can stay for 20 minutes!


This door is a toughie: Turn off your engine, but no parking!


Door number 8 is a little shy, hiding out left of center.
Bob, I'll take door number 9. Don't STOP me now! Just because I can't park there.


A final unnumbered bonus door. This must have the goat.

UCLA Industrial Looking Structures

Blogger got weird for this post. I had to revert to the old editor. Hopefully after this post, it will let me use the new editor. Consequently the pictures are going to be sized differently here.

A football backstop, a bridge, some technology for piping liquid nitrogen around. Some tall meshy and engineering looking structures.

I'm guessing this is a football backstop. It's along the football practice field at any rate.


Sci-fi equipment behind the engineering building. Presumably for feeding the hot and cold running liquid nitrogen taps.

Three pictures of an engineering bridge.

Looking up the support structure.

Looking through the bridge covering.


Picture of the bridge down the alleyway.

Geometry in Construction at UCLA

Geometric designs around the UCLA campus.  From the Beatles to the Neuroscience hotel, stairs to pay phones.

Stairs in an engineering building with a very brick facade.  They do this occasionally, put stairs outside the building.  Must be a reason, but I don't know why. 

Basketball stadium construction girders.  Yes, I'm sure they won't come apart in an earthquake, can't you see the bits of yellow tape holding it together?  

For some reason this makes me think of the iconic photo of the Beatles walking across that street.  And yes, of course we need four pay phones with yellow handsets in this era of cell phones. What if three were in use and you needed a pay phone? 

Heroic puzzle construction trying to turn a parking ramp into art.  

Railing and stairs.  

Every which way but loose.  Not sure why they need so many ramps, but there may have been a ramp sale on at Ikea when they built the Nanotech institute building.  

The neuroscience hotel.  Each little pod is your own residence.  They can be removed and refurbished and reinserted according to the whims of the overlords.