{"id":250322,"date":"2025-10-25T07:54:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T07:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/250322\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T07:54:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T07:54:12","slug":"rendering-vs-reality-space-shuttle-endeavors-permanent-home-in-exposition-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/250322\/","title":{"rendered":"Rendering vs. Reality: Space Shuttle Endeavor&#8217;s permanent home in Exposition Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over one year since we last dropped by, the metal exterior of the $450-million <a href=\"https:\/\/la.urbanize.city\/tags\/samuel-oschin-air-and-space-center\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center<\/a> looks just about finished in <a href=\"https:\/\/la.urbanize.city\/neighborhood\/exposition-park\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Exposition Park.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"image-and-caption\">\n<a class=\"fancybox\" href=\"https:\/\/la.urbanize.city\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1140w\/public\/2025-10\/Endeavor%20by%20Hunter%20Kerhart%2002_0.jpg?itok=zQ8O5igj\" rel=\"article-image-set nofollow noopener\" title=\"Hunter Kerhart Architectural Photography\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"image-950w article-inline-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Endeavor by Hunter Kerhart 02_0.jpg\" width=\"950\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nAerial view looking northwestHunter Kerhart Architectural Photography<\/p>\n<p>The approximately 20-story, 200,000-square-foot building located just west of Figueroa Street, is an expansion of the California Science Center, and serves as the permanent home of Space Shuttle Endeavor.<\/p>\n<p>Designed by <a href=\"https:\/\/pro.urbanize.city\/los_angeles\/companies\/8a1b54b4\/zgf-architects\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ZGF<\/a>, the structure is described as being composed of a skeleton of diagonally intersecting beams, allowing for an interior free of columns, providing unobstructed views of the shuttle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"image-and-caption\">\n<a class=\"fancybox\" href=\"https:\/\/la.urbanize.city\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1140w\/public\/2022-06\/Aerial%20View%20of%20the%20Samuel%20Oschin%20Air%20and%20Space%20Center.jpg?itok=VqUzo5jT\" rel=\"article-image-set nofollow noopener\" title=\"ZGF\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"image-950w article-inline-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Aerial View of the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center.jpg\" width=\"950\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nAerial View of the Samuel Oschin Air and Space CenterZGF<\/p>\n<p>The interior is to be divided into three different spaces, including the Samuel Oschin Shuttle Gallery, the Korean Air Aviation Gallery, and the Kent Kresa Space Gallery.<\/p>\n<p>The center is slated to open for visitors after installation of exhibits within a few years. General admission is to be free to the public.<\/p>\n<p class=\"image-and-caption\">\n<a class=\"fancybox\" href=\"https:\/\/la.urbanize.city\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1140w\/public\/2022-06\/Endeavour%20in%20the%20Samuel%20Oschin%20Air%20and%20Space%20Center.jpg?itok=jRkF2_Th\" rel=\"article-image-set nofollow noopener\" title=\"ZGF\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"image-950w article-inline-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Endeavour in the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center.jpg\" width=\"950\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nEndeavour in the Samuel Oschin Air and Space CenterZGF<\/p>\n<p>The project is one of two notable additions now taking shape within state-owned Exposition Park, joining <a href=\"https:\/\/la.urbanize.city\/post\/exterior-finishes-taking-shape-lucas-museum-narrative-art\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the more than $1-billion Lucas Museum of Narrative Art <\/a>which is now under construction on Vermont Avenue to the west. <a href=\"https:\/\/la.urbanize.city\/post\/new-details-proposed-makeover-exposition-park\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Plans also call for undergrounding 11 acres of parking at the southern edge of the park<\/a> to create new green space and administrative offices.<\/p>\n<p>Follow us on social media:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UrbanizeLA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/urbanizela\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/showcase\/urbanize-la\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LinkedIn<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.threads.net\/@urbanizela\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Threads<\/a> \/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/urbanizela\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Instagram<\/a> \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/urbanizela.bsky.social\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bluesky<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Over one year since we last dropped by, the metal exterior of the $450-million Samuel Oschin Air and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":250323,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[79,193],"class_list":["post-250322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250322\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}