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UCLA is a gorgeous campus! Walking around Dickson Court looking at Royce Hall and Powell Library, you feel you've been transported to Europe! It feels even more this way on a warm spring evening when students are bustling around and everything feels right with the world.
There are plenty of beautiful places to hang out on campus. In the southern part of campus, there is Bruin square with its bear sculpture and the UCLA bookstore covered in ivy. To the east is Mathias Botanical Garden, with incredible old trees from all over the globe, a stream, tropical plants, and flowers. By the Music building and Psychology building (Franz Hall) is the inverted fountain, where water rushes into a large circle. People sit here under tall pine trees.
The crowning jewel of the UCLA campus is the Dickson Court area, with Royce Hall and Powell Library. A very tall staircase, Janss Steps, leads to this upper section of campus. Stop and check out the free Fowler Museum here with its collections of interesting artifacts from around the world, and in the spring its blossoming trees. A huge sloping lawn dotted with plenty of trees leads down from this area. Students sit and study or text in this amazing spot.
Powell Library and Royce Hall were constructed in 1929 and were two of the original four buildings on campus. They face each other, with the quad in the middle. Modeled after the Basilica di Sant'Ambrogio in Milan, the buildings are lit up beautifully at night. Royce Hall has a concert hall with a pipe organ and Steinway piano. Powell Library's entrance lobby is adorned with stunning mosaics.
Just a few minutes walk north of Dickson Court is the Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden, near Broad Art Center. It is a blissfully peaceful spot, where students hang out on the lawn among little flowers and petals from the blossoming trees. It's nice to check out each sculpture including the one with water features and a reflection pool. There are plenty of places to grab a snack around here.
South of the campus, past the medical buildings (a fifteen minute walk), there is a beautiful area called Westwood Village. It is full of bakeries, cafes filled with students, and shops. At night, the trees are lit up making a magical atmosphere.
The Hammer Museum is located in Westwood Village, and has one gallery devoted to its permanent collection of late 19th century European art, plus plenty of temporary modern art exhibits.
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UCLA parking lot 3 is conveniently located in the peaceful north end of campus at 215 Charles E Young Dr N, Los Angeles CA 90095. Parking is $6 for 2 hours, and you pay in a machine in the parking lot.
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