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  1. Point of interests

    1. Janss Steps

      Janss Stepsmap-pin220 Westwood Plaza
      Los Angeles, CA 90095

      coordinate-pin 34.07218571,-118.44316654

       About

      The Janss Steps are the original 87-step entrance to the university. They were named for the Janss brothers who sold the land that UCLA is built on for about one-third of the going market rate. Leading up from Wilson Plaza to Dickson Court, the Janss Steps have long been a fixture on campus. Before Bruin Plaza became the student activities area, the Janss Steps were often used as an informal assembly area. Speakers at the Steps have included Senator Adlai Stevenson, President John F. Kennedy and Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.