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Palm Springs, California: Car Plunge into Water (Gone)

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Palm Springs Art Museum

Directions:
Outside the Palm Springs Art Museum. West edge of the city. On the east side of N. Museum Drive, two blocks west of CA-111B/N. Palm Canyon Drive, just north of its intersection with W. Tahquitz Canyon Way.
Hours:
Removed Sep. 2023.
Status:
Gone
Car Plunge into Water

A 1970s car balanced as if about to plunge hood-first into a puddle of water. Officially titled, "History of Suspended Time: Monument for the Impossible." Removed September 12, 2023.

Roadsideamerica.com Report... [05/22/2021]

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Car Plunge into Water

This art installation has been removed (October 28, 2023)

[Christy, 10/28/2023]

The 1968 Chevy Malibu had been suspended, inches above a puddle, for over two years.

Plunging car.

Car Plunge into Water

The car is easy to find in front of the art museum.

[Clark W, 03/13/2022]

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