Filmic campus

One of the things I have wanted to check off my list for a few years is visiting USC. I know that that probably sounds like a very boring goal. I have dated a couple USC alums and whenever we watch movies they were quick to point out "that's at USC" or that is such and such building at USC. In fact a lot of movies and tv have been filmed there. It wasn't until I tagged along with some SoCal librarians that I had to see a behind the scenes tour of campus.

A list of buildings a films are here. Mainly what I saw were libraries and foundations, which have been in films, but I can't figure out which.

Photo tour (See photos below)

Mudd Hall and Hoose Library of Philosophy (photos 2&3)

Architectural library (photo 1) I learned something there. The term brutalism, which is an architectural term that has produced some of the world's ugliest buildings. This library included.

Photo 4 and 5 is a foundation on campus. The inside of this building was a mansion that used to stand a few blocks from me on Wilshire and Vermont donated to USC.

Photo 6 if you look closer you will see a couch and chair set intended for Emperor Maxmillian of Mexico, but then Cinco de Mayo happened and he was assassinated before receiving them.