Is the new Petersen Automotive Museum (by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates) too Vegas for the Pritzker-ified Museum Mile?
You can begin to judge for yourself, as most of the Petersen’s stainless steel ribbons—intended to suggest automotive streamlining—are now in place. It’s sure a cry for attention. But so are two of the immediate neighbors, the gold-leaf column of Albert C. Martin, Sr.’s May Company department store, and the Googie kitsch of Louis Armét and Eldon Davis’ Johnie’s Coffee Shop.
