I didn't know UCLA was located on North Vermont Ave until our recent discussion of the 1927 film '
College'.
Here's something else I didn't know.
UCLA was initially going to be located on the Palos Verdes Peninsula.
http://www.maureenmegowan.com/Pages/...os-verdes.aspx
"A section of 1,000 acres was originally set aside by the planners of the Palos Verdes Project for a University campus. In November 1921 a proposal was made for the relocation of the southern branch of the University of California (which later was renamed UCLA), which was then located on
Vermont Ave. in Los Angeles (built in 1914 and home to Los Angeles City College since 1929). The proposal, in addition to the donated 1,000 acres, included other inducements. These inducements included $1,000,000, the construction of a model grammar school and a model high school to be run by the University's Department of Education, a marine biological station and public aquarium, an art museum, a theatre seating 1,500, a boathouse at Portuguese Bend and a football stadium to seat 140,000."
Man, that was some grandiose plan
This second illustration shows the original Plan for the Palos Verdes Project, then referred to as Palos Verdes Estates, with the large open area in the center
planned for the Southern Branch of the University of California.
Today, the former 'university' site is home to Peninsula High School, the Peninsula Shopping Center, the Avenue of the Peninsula Shopping Center
and a multitude of homes.
http://www.maureenmegowan.com/Pages/...storymain.aspx