Los Angeles - Coastal California - page 857

Page Museum & La Brea Tar Pits MUSEUM
( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; www.tarpits.org ; 5801 Wilshire Blvd; adult/child/student & senior $7/2/4.50;
9:30am-5pm; )
Mammoths and saber-toothed cats used to roam LA's savanna in prehistoric times. We
know this because of an archaeological trove of skulls and bones unearthed at La Brea Tar
Pits.
Petersen Automotive Museum MUSEUM
( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; www.petersen.org ; 6060 Wilshire Blvd; adult/seniors & students/child $15/
10/5; 10am-6pm Tue-Sun; )
A four-story ode to the auto, the Petersen Automotive Museum reveals LA as the birth-
place of gas stations, billboards, strip malls, drive-in restaurants and drive-in movie theat-
ers. Glimpse hot rods, movie cars, and celebrity-owned rarities, presented in rotating ex-
hibits.
Ace Gallery GALLERY
( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; www.acegallery.net ; 5514 Wilshire Blvd; 10am-6pm Tue-Sat)
An amazing gallery sprawls the entire 2nd floor of the Desmond building (c 1927). The art
is all modern-edged works from the likes of Bernar Venet, Gary Lang, Gisele Colon and
Peter Alexander.
Sunset Strip STREET
( MAP GOOGLE MAP ; Sunset Blvd)
A visual cacophony of billboards, giant ad banners and neon signs, the sinuous stretch of
Sunset Blvd running between Laurel Canyon and Doheny Dr has been nightlife central
since the 1920s.
These days, though, it seems to be coasting on its fabled legacy. The young, hip and
fickle have moved west to Abbot Kinney and east to Downtown, leaving the Strip to the
buttoned-down, cashed-up suburbanites, though midweek and during awards season the
celebs still appear.
Runyon Canyon HIKING