Meticulous care was given toward historical preservation, earning UCLA the state ' s only preservation honor, the Governor ' s Historic Preservation Award. Over 2,000 pieces were carefully taken down, documented, and restored to their original beauty. UCLA, under pressure from preservation societies, finally opted to restore the ceiling, spending $6 million dollars in the process.
officials were faced with two choices: building a new ceiling, losing the 67 year old crowning glory of Powell, or going through the expensive process of restoring all 1 1,872 square feet of it, piece by piece. The original seismic project had been completed only three days before the Northridge earthquake, which severely damaged the ceiling of the main reading room, and weakened the walls. Powell Library (named after Lawrence Powell, UCLA ' s most notable librarian) closed in 1992, badly in need of renovations and seismic refitting. FEATURE POWELL LIBRARY By Matthew Heyn On September 24, before hundreds of students and alumni, Chancellor Charles Young rededicated Powell Library, ending four long years of renovations totaling $35.5 million. Although Kerckhoff remained masked behind construction boards, its coffeehouse renovations were completed this year. The new Ackerman also underwent a transformation, becoming a more modern facility. Royce Hall and Powell Library revealed their Romanesque architecture to the public. Finally, the beauty and majesty of the campus can fully be appreciated. : rrf CAMPUS Revival UCLA has been hidden behind scaffolding long enough. J % 1 MMH| - I ' ' f j (r r 1 I t Facade of Powell Library after its reopening. ! ' ' ,V, ' Sll Kershasp Dalai bruinlife Volume 78 University of California, Los Angeles 308 Westwood Plaza Los Angeles, CA 90024-1641 September 1996 - May 1997 Copyright 1997 by the ASUCLA Communications Board. Text from Pages 1 - 454 of the 1997 volume: “ mm mm graduates sports 154 258 greeks groups 330 KH, : V.
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