Ray Charles museum planned

Representatives of the estate of the late Ray Charles say a Ray Charles Museum Foundation has been established and plan to build a museum on the site of his famous Los Angeles recording studios on Washington Boulevard near Western Avenue.

Architectural plans, to be publicly unveiled Thursday, call for the existing building to be expanded to about 20,000 square feet, nearly three times its current size. The museum would feature exhibits and artifacts from Charles’ storied career.

The foundation expects to break ground this year and hopes to open the museum in 2007.