There is that, true. But having spoken with the sisters and seen their respect for the building's heritage, plus their differences with the diocese and own independence, I think they have a desire to preserve the property's heritage or at least determine its fate. When i visited the convent over twenty years ago I was privileged to ride in the hidden elevator to the prohibition era wine cellar (since cleared of its former contents). I also had shared with me some of the legends about the use of the bungalows. But the sisters cautioned me that the place under their ownership still an operating convent, not open to hordes of visitors.
Anthony died in 1961 - by that time his Los Angeles dealership had been selling Lincolns and the San Francisco San Francisco Mercedes for five years. Anthony wasn't directly involved. He'd sold his Packard shares years before and tried to pivot into television and FM using KFI as a base. He once remarked to one of his managers that he "kissed a microphone every night" before going to bed because that's where the profits were. But he didn't have NBC's backing or the time needed to mature his new ventures and the "golden age" of radio was being eclipsed. When the independent Los Angeles TV station became mired in a jurisdictional labor dispute he sold out.
I never said C-W killed Packard. The depression had forced them to abandon the ability to make their own bodies and maintain their level of research - which in addition to producing superior cars generated royalties from other firms on their patents. Packard was struggling before WW2 as a luxury brand - which is what led to the "Junior" series that made them at least profitable again. But then came the war. When the company that they sold their body fabricating to was gobbled up by Chrysler and the market share war broke out between GM and Ford the fate of Packard was sealed in the early fifties - ditto the other three second tier producers. C-W simply performed the last rites.
