Design and Architecture
Petersen Museum Sells Classic Cars
The Petersen Automotive Museum changes gear amidst reports of secretive sales of classic cars. Santa Monica’s anti-nuclear Chain Reaction needs funds to avoid a meltdown.
By Frances Anderton • • 17m ListenOn the latest DnA, the Petersen Automotive Museum is changing gear with an exciting redesign by Eugene Kohn. But critics say it is funding the effort through the sale of some priceless cars. With Leon Kaplan, Gene Kohn, Terry Karges, Jerry Hirsch, David Undercoffler. Santa Monica’s anti-nuclear Chain Reaction needs funds to avoid a meltdown. Lisa Napoli reports on the secret benefactor who made the sculpture possible.
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Almost 20 years ago the founder of Hot Rod magazine, Robert E. Petersen, created his museum to cars. Now Robert Petersen is gone, and the museum’s current management is ringing in some big changes.
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A twenty-six foot tall sculpture of a mushroom cloud sits in front of Santa Monica Civic Center. It was created by the late LA Times cartoonist Paul Conrad. It is called Chain Reaction and it needs a structural restoration that’ll cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. KCRW's Lisa Napoli reports.
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