July 16, 2006
Royal
Rarely used entrance, this gate is right in front of the Shrine, which is what you see in the
background. The Shrine is where most award ceremonies are held in LA. The Grammy's
used to be here, but has moved to the LA Convention Center in recent times. The Oscars
were held here till it moved to it's permanent home at the Kodak Theatre.
This is the place where MJ's hair caught fire in a video shoot, after which he went in for
his plastic surgery.
H.
Posted by hriday at 10:31 PM | Comments (0)
July 15, 2006
Tennis
This entrance is also off Vermont. It's a well used entrance, especially by people who
pay per day for parking. USC charges some 7 bucks a day for parking, so it's a
cash cow. The picture is horrible, but I can't make it look better than it is. The
green wall behind covers the tennis courts. That's where Prakash Amritraj
played when he used to represent USC. He now plays for India, which I think is
really cool.
H.
Posted by hriday at 11:37 PM | Comments (0)
July 14, 2006
Snobs
This entrance is only for the trams. Thing is that it's a very convenient entrance, and I'd have
loved to be able to have access to it. Ofcourse, the University have to play snobs...
The building that's being constructed in the backdrop is the new Galen Sports arena. It
is being built on the single largest grant given to the University in it's history. A check of
nearly 40 million $$. Once it's complete, it will probably house quite a few events on
the international calender as it's supposed to be world class.
H.
Posted by hriday at 10:03 PM | Comments (0)
July 13, 2006
Vermont
This entrance is off Vermont. That's probably the worst street surrounding USC.
That doesn't mean the other streets are classy. Just that this is the worst
of them. Behind where I stood to take the picture is a Taco Bell, which is
the only decent eatery near this part of campus, which sorta sucks.
H.
Posted by hriday at 11:36 PM | Comments (0)
July 12, 2006
My Entrance
Remember the grand entrance that USC built thinking that everyone will
use? It still didn't beat the most popular entrance - this one. My office
is the one that's making a shadow at the bottom right. The building seen
is also my department. That particular building was probably some
barracks during the second world war. My building was a department
store for the longest time, after which USC converted it into the
computing facilities. (I'm talking some 40 years ago).
H.
Posted by hriday at 11:38 PM | Comments (0)
July 11, 2006
Figueroa Entrance
I don't know too many people that would want to use this entrance. Except those who
work really close by and are lazy to walk. The turn from the street is awkward,
and is usually rather busy. The ugly building behind is the registration building,
where every student has to go at some point to get the courses they want.
Figueroa street has been around as long as LA. It was once a part of the Route 66,
but that's prehistory now. It runs about 30 miles in a north-south direction,
and Rash's office is on it, as well as Staples center, and the LA Convention
center.
H.
Posted by hriday at 10:50 PM | Comments (0)
July 10, 2006
The Main Entrance
This is supposed to be the main entrance fo USC. They spend a ton of money to
create it, but no one ever uses it. Which is a pity coz it looks really nice. The
building to the left of the camera (out of view) is the Marshall school of Business
and the white building in the middle is the Alumni house. That's the oldest
building on campus and was the original building that was USC way back in
1889.
H.
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