Was there ever a time when the Goodyear blimp didn’t fly over the skies of Los Angeles? In this shot it’s sailing over Royce Hall on the campus of University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in the Westwood/Bel Air area. The university moved from its original location on Vermont Ave in 1929. This photo is from 1931, so the view up there in the blimp would have largely been of empty land, some of which we can see in the background.
Royce Hall really is something. This shot is from 1938:
This is a 2021 satellite image of Royce Hall today:
Really cool! I spent a lot of time sitting in the arcade at the front of Royce reading my Daily Bruin. Good memories.