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This dwelling, designated a National Historic Landmark in 1978, is owned by the City of Pasadena and operated by the University of Southern California.
Gamble House
It has also been referred to as the Central Park of Los Angeles but is much larger, more untamed, and rugged than its New York City counterpart.
Griffith Park
This site was featured in two major sequences of the James Dean film Rebel Without a Cause (1955), which helped to make it an international emblem of Los Angeles.
The Griffith Observatory
a group of pits around which Hancock Park was formed in urban Los Angeles. Natural asphalt (also called asphaltum, bitumen, pitch, or tar—brea in Spanish) has seeped up from the ground in this area for tens of thousands of years.
The La Brea Tar Pits
USC’s “_________” song was used to inspire combat-bound troops in the Aleutians Campaign during World War II. The song was written by Milo Sweet, a dental student.
Fight On
When this site opened, some residents of the neighboring condominiums suffered glare caused by sunlight that was reflected off the surfaces of the building. The resulting heat made some rooms of nearby condominiums unbearably warm.
The Walt Disney Concert Hall
This site's botanical gardens cover 120 acres (49 ha) and showcase plants from around the world. The gardens are divided into more than a dozen themes, including the Australian Garden, Camellia Collection, Children's Garden, Desert Garden, Herb Garden, Japanese Garden, Lily Ponds, North Vista, Palm Garden, Rose Garden, the Shakespeare Garden, Subtropical and Jungle Garden, and the Chinese Garden (Liu Fang Yuan 流芳園 or the Garden of Flowing Fragrance).
The Huntington Library
This is the largest art museum in the western United States. It attracts nearly a million visitors annually.It holds more than 150,000 works spanning the history of art from ancient times to the present. In addition to art exhibits, the museum features film and concert series.
LA County Museum of Art
This site, opened in 1917, is across the street from Angels Flight Railway
Grand Central Market
California's Tallest Open Air Observation Deck at the US Bank Building
OUE Skyspace
Some of the musicians who have played here: Al Jolson, Judy Garland, Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Art Tatum, Buddy Rich, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Nat "King" Cole, Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald,[20] Carrie Underwood, The Doors, Van Halen, Rod Stewart, José José, Kylie Minogue, Elton John, Alicia Keys, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers as well as various other Jazz and non-Jazz musicians
The Hollywood Bowl
This museum's estimated 1.8 million visitors annually make it one of the most visited museums in the United States.[
The Getty Center
This street has The Walk of Style, which features plaques set in the sidewalks. Fashion icons are honored with the award for their work in style and fashion.
Rodeo Drive
With a location adjacent to Frank Gehry's iconic Walt Disney Concert Hall, the museum's design is intended to contrast with its bright metallic perforated exterior while respecting its architectural presence by having a porous, "honeycomblike" exterior.
The Broad Museum
It is the largest ____________ in the city of Los Angeles, and generates $8 billion in economic impact on Los Angeles and California.
private employer
Only members and their guest are allowed in this private nightclub for magicians and magic enthusiasts, as well as the clubhouse for the Academy of Magical Arts. It bills itself as "the most unusual private club in the world."[2]
The Magic Castle
USC has no "cheerleaders." The women are called ____________ and the men are called _________.
Song Girls / Yell Leaders
No one is sure why, but in 1921 an Italian immigrant, Sabato Rodia, began to build 17 interconnected sculptural towers, architectural structures, and individual sculptural features and mosaics in front of his house
The Watts Towers
The famous final scene of the film Planet of the Apes (1968) was filmed here
Zuma Beach
The southwest corner of the Pueblo of Los Angeles, the original land grant given by the King of Spain in _______, is at Figueroa Street and Exposition Boulevard (across the street from USC).
1781
The University of Southern California Mascot is not Tommy Trojan; it is actually ______________ .
Traveler the Horse
This site features a house designed by the famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright
Barnsdall Art Park and Hollyhock House
USC opened in __________.
1880
USC is the only university in the world to have a gold medal-winning athlete in every summer _________ since 1912
Olympics
Recognizing that United States-China relations would play a great role in shaping the 21st century, in 2006, USC established the _________________.
USC U.S.-China Institute (USCI)