The 1988 Master Plan

In the 1980s, USC commissioned Gin D. Wong and Associates to develop a comprehensive update of the master plan. Reflecting academic needs and priorities as well as community growth, master planning in the larger Exposition Park community, long-term and area-wide parking and transportation requirements, and student accommodations, the plan addressed development solely within the finite amount of land defined by the established campus boundaries.

The plan identified a number of campus sites with development potential, including surface parking lots and buildings nearing their functional obsolescence. Also among its recommendations was the relocation of non-academic functions — such as library storage and student housing — off campus to the north and east.