Los Angeles and New York will never see eye to eye, and to that I say, eh – why can’t we all just not get along?And I’m rooting heavily for LA to win a battle over an art exhibit featuring a life-size replica of a 1940s locomotive hanging from a 160-foot-tall crane. Both NY and LA are vying for it, with the hang-up being the price: $25 million, making it the most expensive piece of artwork ever commissioned by a museum.
New York just wants to put it in a park, but LA wants to suspend it over Wilshire Blvd., and that would be badass. It’ll even be visible from the freeway, and I’m completely willing to deal with onlooker traffic.
So let’s get this done. What donor out here has the balls and the bucks to back this? Have I mentioned it’ll make train noises and have real steam coming out of it? Beat New York.
