Sunday, July 19, 2009

Honk! Honk! Vrooooommmmmmm

Another day on the Miracle Mile museum row. This time it is to learn more about one of mankind's most ingenious invention: Automobiles. Took me an hour an a half to get here from Long Beach. No joke as it is actually a whopping 34 miles away! The sprawl is really bad here in LA. But when it comes to pandemic disease, I think it could be the safest city to be in. Spacesss, even virus would die traveling that far. Haha.

Alright back to the museum, the best exhibit of the museum has got to be Streetscapes. It actually explains the whole evolution of the automotive culture with Socal as the example. It shows how LA evolved into all these traffic mess throughout the years. Thanks to the building of freeways.
Besides Streetscape, 'What were they thinking' was another interesting and funny exhibits. It displays all the 'ingenious' innovations of the past. From foldable doors and multiple windshield wipers to prevent accidents to air car that actually stirs up dust and spread them all over the city. Lol.
Hollywood Cars: Car from the movies. Of course they have famous Herbie. And the yellow one....yes its from Little Miss Sunshine.
Oh just one more gem. The skeleton bike. OMG! Its like sooooooo marvellous. Would totally keep this as a collection even if I couldn't ride it. Haha.

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