Around Los Angeles-UCLA Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden. Nearly 3 PM Thursday April 16th 2026. Students study and relax in the five acre garden containing 70 works. See hammer.ucla.edu for detail and to even schedule a tour. Prominent in West Los Angeles are the violet-flower Jacaranda tree, "Blue Jacaranda, Black Poul or Jacaranda mimosifolia" a native of South America is "sought after due to its ornamental value." (Plantin APP). See more images of the sculptures an
Around Los Angeles-Westwood the neighborhood surrounding most of UCLA includes Malcolm Avenue. Janss Investment Company played a pivotal role in developing this area. As embossed above, 1926 on Malcolm Avenue. Many of the original homes remain but as elsewhere many are being replaced. UCLA's main campus broke ground in 1927 with the first 5,500 undergraduate students in 1929 (Wikipedia.org). "Janss Investment Company was a prominent, family-owned Southern California real