FILM CENTER COMING MAMMOTH UCLA ARCHIVE TO MOVE INTO VALENCIA LOCATION.Byline: Patricia Farrell Aidem Staff Writer VALENCIA - The prestigious UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX Film and Television Preservation Center will relocate to Valencia where a benefactor has bought 60 acres sandwiched between College of the Canyons College of the Canyons is one of the fastest-growing community colleges in the state. According to the National Junior College Research Association, College of the Canyons consistently ranks in the top 50 community colleges in the nation. and California Institute of the Arts California Institute of the Arts known as CalArts U.S. private institution of higher learning in Valencia. Created in 1961 through the merger of two other art institutes, it was the first in the U.S. . Second in size only to the media archives at the U.S. Library of Congress, the University of California, Los Angeles UCLA comprises the College of Letters and Science (the primary undergraduate college), seven professional schools, and five professional Health Science schools. Since 2001, UCLA has enrolled over 33,000 total students, and that number is steadily rising. , center holds 225,000 motion picture and television titles and more than 5,000 hours of historic newsreel footage. The Packard Humanities Institute closed escrow last month on the hilly acreage in Rockwell Canyon with plans to build a campus for the film preservation center and related organizations involving the preservation and study of music, theater, film, radio and television. ``This wonderful property provides a unique opportunity for us to develop a new 'preservation campus' where experts from UCLA and elsewhere can devote themselves to studying and preserving our motion picture heritage,'' institute President David W. Packard said in a prepared statement. Packard said the institute searched for land for two years before settling on the Valencia property owned by The Newhall Land and Farming Company The Newhall Land and Farming Company is a land management company based in Valencia, California, United States. The company is responsible for the master community planning of Valencia, as well as the management of farm land elsewhere in the state. . The draws included the setting between CalArts and College of the Canyons, the ``charming rural atmosphere'' and the city of Santa Clarita's positive response to the plan. ``The property is so beautiful,'' said Tim Kittleson, director of the the UCLA center, the largest university film preservation operation in the world. ``I hiked the land for three hours on New Year's Day New Year's Day, among ancient peoples the first day of the year frequently corresponded to the vernal or autumnal equinox, or to the summer or winter solstice. In the Middle Ages it was celebrated among Christians usually on Mar. 25. . We're thrilled with the possibilities.'' Packard called the land ``the perfect spot to build a world-class facility.'' Architectural plans have yet to be drawn for the campus and there is no target opening date, Kittleson said. Now divided between UCLA's Westwood campus and three locations in Hollywood, the center is internationally known for its collection of classic films and TV as well as innovative motion pictures, center spokeswoman Kelly Graml said. Included in the archive are ``classic Hollywood'' films, the Sundance Institute's library of independent films and the entire Hearst Metronome collection of newsreels that brought world news to moviegoers from 1911 to 1968. UCLA and Packard had considered locations in the west San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. , West Los Angeles
They found the commute between Westwood and Santa Clarita was an easy one, that there was an established entertainment base in the city - including at the Disney-founded CalArts - and that there was ample housing for scholars and other visitors UCLA expects to draw to the new campus, said Doug Sonderegger of CB Richard Ellis CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. NYSE: CBG is a multinational real estate corporation currently based in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.. On December 20, 2006, the corporation, also known as CBRE, completed acquisition of Trammell Crow Co. in a transaction valued at $2. , which represented Newhall Land in the transaction. CAPTION(S): map Map: (ran in SAC edition only) Proposed UCLA Film and Television Preservation Center |
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