To Live and Drive in L.A.
The Petersen Automotive Museum, with its popular dioramas of cars depicted in Los Angeles, California, street scenes, has been a popular L.A. attraction ever since it opened in 1994. So, a few eyebrows were raised when the museum reopened in late 2015, following a $125-million renovation to both the interior and exterior. Gone were the dioramas, replaced by sleek interior displays, all encased in a building wrapped with slithery stainless-steel ribbons. The Petersen had shifted from “reverse” to “drive” and hit the gas
