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词条 Draft:Bobby Green (businessman)
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About Bobby Green

Bobby Green became obsessed with classic cars after leaving his native Oklahoma for L.A., where he sped down the wide boulevards in a 1957 Chevy. For more than 30 years, the automotive hobbyist and designer has devoted his career to collecting and racing vintage cars and motorcycles, along with restoring Los Angeles’ endangered cultural institutions. His lifestyle is adorned with timeworn accessories, and his infectious admiration for the preservation and revival of Americana heritage captivates like-minded communities near and far.

The son of an artist, Green always groomed two great passions—designing and entertaining—which he brings as Co-Owner & Designer of the [https://www.1933group.com/ 1933 Group]. The acclaimed hospitality team has perfected era-defining décor in more than 14 distinct bar and restaurant venues. Since its inception in 1999, the portfolio sustains as a booming enterprise, boasting some of the city’s most ornate and acclaimed nightlife destinations.

With a mission to protect, restore and revive historical institutions and cultural landmarks of L.A., the innovative team hits a 20-year milestone in 2019. Green plays a critical role in the 1933 Group and builds a future bar scene on the city’s storied past. Their influential, positive impact within the civic landscape and community culture has been recognized locally and nationally—including an award from the Highland Park Heritage Trust for their revitalization of [https://www.highlandparkbowl.com/ Highland Park Bowl], a prohibition-era bowling alley in Highland Park. With support from the Los Angeles Conservancy and West Hollywood Preservation Alliance, Green and his partners secured a grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation to support their restoration plans for the iconic [https://www.laweekly.com/restaurants/formosa-cafe-in-west-hollywood-will-use-a-national-trust-preservation-to-reopen-8816634 Formosa Café](slated to open in 2019).

While Bobby Green evokes bygone eras with his bars, it is his vintage vehicle collection that really brings the past back to life. In 2014, he began producing and promoting [https://www.theraceofgentlemen.com/ The Race of Gentlemen], an automotive carnival set on the shores of Wildwood, NJ and Pismo Beach, CA, on a formula of sand, sun and speed. The retro-styled event’s West Coast drag race set in Pismo Beach offered vintage gearheads something more along California’s Central Coast.

When interviewed for C Magazine about the event, Green stated, “Pismo, Grover and Oceano beaches are all rich with racing history going back to the teens through the 1930s, and

its grassy dunes makes for a timeless backdrop.” Green prepped a 1930s HAL sprint car at his own Old Crow Speed Shop in Burbank, where he currently stores more than two dozen cars and motorcycles and a trove of automotive memorabilia.

“I’ve always had the goal to create something that doesn't exist and takes people out of their daily life," Green says. "They crave a day of escapism.”

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