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Originally Posted by HossC
The building with the thick "stripes" of brick and stone is the USC Fisher Museum of Art.
The other brick/stone building is the Allan Hancock Foundation Building.
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Good ol' Hoss comes through
. Thanks buddy.
The photograph below shows the north side of the Hancock Foundation Building facing Childs Way.
"Merrell Gage bas reliefs, photographed in 1958."
publicartinla
The large bas reliefs depict animal discoveries at the La Brea Tar Pits.
The reliefs are still there, but rather difficult to see because of the trees.
gsv
(the google-obile stopped at this point so I couldn't get any closer)
Hancock, an avid naturalist, constructed the building to provide facilities for zoological and botanical research, which included six levels of fireproof storage for specimens.
He also installed a telescope...which I believe is still visible on the roof.
gsv
And as a friendly reminder and a f.y.i. to newcomers:
The Hancock Foundation Building also contains four rooms preserved from the Hancock family mansion that was once located on the northeast corner Wilshire & Vermont.
Here's a sampling
bigorangelandmarks
bigorangelandmarks
always amazed by these rooms!
The rooms are in the southeast wing of the Hancock Foundation Building, which serves as a museum and memorial to Hancock's mother.
(we covered the mansion and the rooms earlier in the thread)
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