tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71820222024-03-07T18:18:24.555-08:00LA CowboyBrady Westwaterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00324741206315152948noreply@blogger.comBlogger1666125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182022.post-84648924148497324602021-11-30T22:16:00.001-08:002021-11-30T22:18:18.379-08:00<br />
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When I saw the article in LA Observed, some of the language and
statements came across as a little melodramatic, but I will need to read the
book before I can make any comments beyond that. However, I was surprised to
see that a very well-known photograph of the Vignes vineyards in that essay
was labeled as having been taken in 1855 - even though the earliest
existing outdoor photograph taken in LA is commonly accepted as being
taken around 1862 or 1863.<br /><br /><div>
And now this article has that same
photograph - but now the date of the photo has been changed to 1865 (and
I did send a tweet to the author ask-ng her if she was certain of the
date of the photo). However, 1865 is still the wrong date since the
very well-known LA photographer, Frank G. Schumacher - was born in 1861 -
which would have made him 4 years old when he took this photo. In
addition, anyone with a fundamental working knowledge of Los Angeles in
that era would instantly know - just by looking at the photo - that
photo could not have been taken in the 1850's or the 1860's or even the
1870's.<br /><br /></div><div>The actual date of the photograph is 1886 - which is 21
years later than the current given date - and three copies of that photo
with that date are in the Vignes Family Collection in the Seaver Center
at the Natural History Museum which I assume the author consulted. Now
this does not mean the rest of the book has any errors of this type,
but it does demonstrate how difficult it is to write about one small
part of the history of Los Angeles without a detailed working knowledge
of the city.</div><div><br /></div><div> There is so much misinformation in print on every aspect
of our city's history that relying on just one or two sources to tell
even a small part of LA's history - even the date of a single photograph
- can often inadvertently lead to dramatically wrong conclusions.</div>Brady Westwaterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00324741206315152948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182022.post-15171072951897101412017-06-28T12:07:00.000-07:002017-06-28T12:24:46.603-07:00My Saturday and Sunday Morning tours of Historic Downtown LA - from 10:30 to 12:30 every Saturday and Sunday (Price now $15 per person;<h2 class="date-header">
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 1.3em;">Among the many things you will learn this weekend is that if a friend of Wyatt Earp's had not built the Alexandria Hotel - it would have been impossible for George Gershwin to have written his iconic Rhapsody in Blue.</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>You will also see where the first new lofts were opened, the places where Gallery Row and the Art Walk began and where Fashion Week returned to Downtown. You will see many of the new boutiques, designer showrooms and stores that have recently opened in the area along with getting a sneak preview of what will soon be happening in the area.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em;"><b>Tickets for either tour are now only $15 per person - free for children under <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">10</span> - and reservations can be made by calling Brady Westwater at 213-804-8396 or emailing bradywestwater@gmail.com. All credit card orders will be processed at Last Bookstore and cash payments may be made at the start of the tour. All proceeds will go towards the revitalization and the study of the history of the neighborhood. </b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em;">Lastly, future tours will feature specialized areas of interest such as architecture, art of all kinds, shopping and food, single streets, sports </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px;">(from steer wrestling to luchador wrestlers to a Sumo wrestler)</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em;">, transportation, specific periods of history, the hidden Wild West history of Los Angeles, movie locations, Downtown after hours and many other aspects of the neighborhood. And custom designed can be developed by request for groups of four or more.</span></b></div>
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Brady Westwaterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00324741206315152948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182022.post-75150784233931536702016-09-09T14:25:00.002-07:002021-12-02T16:11:38.229-08:00Very Short Wait to See Broad Museum Today! Friday September 9th<span face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: #4b4f56; display: inline; float: none; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 18px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">Almost no line at Broad Museum today due to Grand Avenue being closed for a big event at Disney Hall. Now's the time to see it is you haven't yet. Guards say they've never seen so few people there since day it opened. And the guards will likely not see another day this slow.</span>Brady Westwaterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00324741206315152948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182022.post-57511893888070114722016-08-08T13:33:00.002-07:002016-11-18T10:38:16.318-08:00Brady Westwaterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00324741206315152948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182022.post-3342001173174148562016-08-08T13:33:00.001-07:002017-06-28T12:07:06.911-07:00Explore the Secret History of Historic Downtown LA on 2 Hr Walking Tours Starting at the World Famous The Last Bookstore - Every Sat & Sun Morning from 10:30AM- 12:30PM<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">M</span>y Saturday and Sunday <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">M</span>orning tours of
Historic Downtown LA - from 10:30 to 12:30 <u>every</u> Saturday and Sunday (<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Price now $15</span> per person; childre<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">n</span> under 10 free) <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-</span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">start at <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">THE LAST BOOKS<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">TORE this Saturday <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">August <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">13</span></span>th </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and </span>Sunday <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Au<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">gust</span></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">14</span>th</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> 2016 - which is </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">located at </span>453<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> S. </span>Sp<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ring i<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">n</span> the Spring Arts Tower. </span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span><b>And
each of these tours can be customized - within reason, of course - to
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weekend is that if a friend of Wyatt Earp's had not built the Alexandria
Hotel - it would have been impossible for George Gershwin to have
written his iconic Rhapsody in Blue.</b><br />
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 1.3em;">And all tours start at THE LAST BOOKSTORE in the Spring
Arts Tower at 5th and Spring - enter on the 5th street side - and they are now only $10 per person.</b></div>
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 1.3em;">And
besides our regular scheduled tours, we will be offering customized
tours on different days and different times and from one to three hours
including weekdays - depending on your schedule. With a minimum of four
reservations, we will design a tour of any part of Downtown focusing on
any subject matter you choose. These tours can be after work, during
lunch breaks - or??</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://brighamyen.com/2012/06/22/the-last-bookstore-la-expansion-marks-one-year-anniversary-downtown-la/#more-7890" style="color: #336699;" target="_blank">All tours begin at THE LAST BOOKSTORE</a> at
453 S. Spring Street in the Spring Arts Tower and will be led by long
time Downtown resident Brady Westwater who, besides being involved with
the Downtown LA Neighborhood Council, the Historic Downtown BID, Gallery
Row, Art Walk, and the BOXeight and the CONCEPT Fashion Weeks, has
brought over 150 businesses, artists and non-profit institutions to
Downtown. All tours are now - only $15 per person. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>If
you are a participant in 'Historic Downtown Los Angeles 101' Tour, you
will see the first motion picture theater built, the place where Babe
Ruth signed his contract with the Yankees, the hotel where Charlie
Chaplin lived when he made his early films (and the place where he made
his Los Angeles vaudeville debut in 1910) - plus the homes and haunts of
everyone from actor Nicholas Cage, the Black Dahlia, Rudolph Valentino,
LA’s version of Jack the Ripper, President Teddy Roosevelt, the Night
Stalker, western outlaw Emmet Dalton, actor Ryan Gosling and more. And
you will also visit where O. J. Simpson bought his knife.</b></span></div>
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explore an intersection where all four buildings were often visited by
gunfighter/sheriff Wyatt Earp since they were all built or occupied by
friends of his from Tombstone during the shoot-out at the OK Corral. At
this intersection you will also discover what John Wayne, a prime
minister of Italy, Houdini, Winston Churchill, boxer Jack Dempsey, Greta
Garbo, President Woodrow Wilson and multiple Mexican boxing champions
all had in common here.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>You
will also see where the first new lofts were opened, the places where
Gallery Row and the Art Walk began and where Fashion Week returned to
Downtown. You will see many of the new boutiques, designer showrooms
and stores that have recently opened in the area along with getting a
sneak preview of what will soon be happening in the area.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em;"><b>Tickets
for either tour are now only $15 per person - free for children under <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">10</span> -
and reservations can be made by calling Brady Westwater at 213-804-8396
or emailing bradywestwater@gmail.com. All credit card orders will be
processed at Last Bookstore and cash payments may be made at the start
of the tour. All proceeds will go towards the revitalization and the
study of the history of the neighborhood. </b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em;">Lastly,
future tours will feature specialized areas of interest such as
architecture, art of all kinds, shopping and food, single streets,
sports </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px;">(from steer wrestling to luchador wrestlers to a Sumo wrestler)</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em;">,
transportation, specific periods of history, the hidden Wild West
history of Los Angeles, movie locations, Downtown after hours and many
other aspects of the neighborhood. And custom designed can be developed
by request for groups of four or more.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em;"><b>We
will also be soon starting weekday and evening tours on what it's like
to live in Downtown Los Angeles. You will be introduced to the many of
stores, restaurants, bars, and entertainment venues (and often their
owners, too) - along with being given previews of one of a kind special
events - so you can get a feel for what it is like to live in Downtown
Los Angeles.</b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20.4375px;"><b>We
expect this tour to be popular with not only people considering moving
to Downtown and people who work in Downtown and who would like to know
what to do after hours in Downtown - but also to recent and even long
established Downtown residents who want to know more about their
neighborhood.</b></span><br />
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Brady Westwaterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00324741206315152948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182022.post-64752709515217508392016-08-03T10:38:00.003-07:002016-11-18T10:36:40.279-08:00Explore the Secret History of Historic Downtown LA on 2 Hr Walking Tours Starting at the World Famous The Last Bookstore - Every Sat & Sun Morning from 10:30AM- 12:30PM<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">M</span>y Saturday and Sunday <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">M</span>orning tours of
Historic Downtown LA - from 10:30 to 12:30 <u>every</u> Saturday and Sunday (<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Price now reduced to only <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">$15</span></span> per person; childre<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">n</span> under 10 free) <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">-</span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">start at <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">THE LAST BOOKS<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">TORE this Saturday <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">August 6</span>th </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and </span>Sunday <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Au<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">gust</span></span> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">7</span>th</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> 2016 - which is </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">located at </span>453<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> S. </span>Sp<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ring i<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">n</span> the Spring Arts Tower. </span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span><b>And
each of these tours can be customized - within reason, of course - to
meet the interests of those who reserve ahead of time.</b><br />
<span style="color: #336699;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></span></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #336699; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 1.3em;"><b><a href="http://brighamyen.com/2012/06/22/the-last-bookstore-la-expansion-marks-one-year-anniversary-downtown-la/#more-7890" style="color: #336699;" target="_blank">The Last Bookstore </a></b></span><span style="color: #336699;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>presents </b></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #336699; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 1.3em;"><b> 2 hour walking tours</b></span><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #336699; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 1.3em;"><b> of the </b></span><i style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20.4375px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>The Secret Lives of Historic Downtown Los Angeles - FEATURED In <a href="http://lacowboy.blogspot.com/2014/01/great-story-on-downtown-los-angeles-in.html">GQ MAGAZINE</a> and Endorsed By - <a href="http://lacowboy.blogspot.com/2013/06/los-angeles-magazine-declares-walking.html">LOS ANGELES MAGAZINE and AMERICAN COWBMAGAZINE,</a></b></span></i><br />
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 1.3em;">Among the many things you will learn this
weekend is that if a friend of Wyatt Earp's had not built the Alexandria
Hotel - it would have been impossible for George Gershwin to have
written his iconic Rhapsody in Blue.</b><br />
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 1.3em;">And all tours start at THE LAST BOOKSTORE in the Spring
Arts Tower at 5th and Spring - enter on the 5th street side - and they are now only $10 per person.</b></div>
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 1.3em;">And
besides our regular scheduled tours, we will be offering customized
tours on different days and different times and from one to three hours
including weekdays - depending on your schedule. With a minimum of four
reservations, we will design a tour of any part of Downtown focusing on
any subject matter you choose. These tours can be after work, during
lunch breaks - or??</b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>FOR MORE INFORMATION - contact Brady Westwater at 213-804-8396 - or bradywestwater@gmail.com</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://brighamyen.com/2012/06/22/the-last-bookstore-la-expansion-marks-one-year-anniversary-downtown-la/#more-7890" style="color: #336699;" target="_blank">All tours begin at THE LAST BOOKSTORE</a> at
453 S. Spring Street in the Spring Arts Tower and will be led by long
time Downtown resident Brady Westwater who, besides being involved with
the Downtown LA Neighborhood Council, the Historic Downtown BID, Gallery
Row, Art Walk, and the BOXeight and the CONCEPT Fashion Weeks, has
brought over 150 businesses, artists and non-profit institutions to
Downtown. All tours are now - only $1<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">0</span> per person. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>If
you are a participant in 'Historic Downtown Los Angeles 101' Tour, you
will see the first motion picture theater built, the place where Babe
Ruth signed his contract with the Yankees, the hotel where Charlie
Chaplin lived when he made his early films (and the place where he made
his Los Angeles vaudeville debut in 1910) - plus the homes and haunts of
everyone from actor Nicholas Cage, the Black Dahlia, Rudolph Valentino,
LA’s version of Jack the Ripper, President Teddy Roosevelt, the Night
Stalker, western outlaw Emmet Dalton, actor Ryan Gosling and more. And
you will also visit where O. J. Simpson bought his knife.</b></span></div>
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explore an intersection where all four buildings were often visited by
gunfighter/sheriff Wyatt Earp since they were all built or occupied by
friends of his from Tombstone during the shoot-out at the OK Corral. At
this intersection you will also discover what John Wayne, a prime
minister of Italy, Houdini, Winston Churchill, boxer Jack Dempsey, Greta
Garbo, President Woodrow Wilson and multiple Mexican boxing champions
all had in common here.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>You
will also see where the first new lofts were opened, the places where
Gallery Row and the Art Walk began and where Fashion Week returned to
Downtown. You will see many of the new boutiques, designer showrooms
and stores that have recently opened in the area along with getting a
sneak preview of what will soon be happening in the area.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em;"><b>Tickets
for either tour are now only $15 per person - free for children under <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">10</span> -
and reservations can be made by calling Brady Westwater at 213-804-8396
or emailing bradywestwater@gmail.com. All credit card orders will be
processed at Last Bookstore and cash payments may be made at the start
of the tour. All proceeds will go towards the revitalization and the
study of the history of the neighborhood. </b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em;">Lastly,
future tours will feature specialized areas of interest such as
architecture, art of all kinds, shopping and food, single streets,
sports </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px;">(from steer wrestling to luchador wrestlers to a Sumo wrestler)</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em;">,
transportation, specific periods of history, the hidden Wild West
history of Los Angeles, movie locations, Downtown after hours and many
other aspects of the neighborhood. And custom designed can be developed
by request for groups of four or more.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em;"><b>We
will also be soon starting weekday and evening tours on what it's like
to live in Downtown Los Angeles. You will be introduced to the many of
stores, restaurants, bars, and entertainment venues (and often their
owners, too) - along with being given previews of one of a kind special
events - so you can get a feel for what it is like to live in Downtown
Los Angeles.</b></span></div>
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expect this tour to be popular with not only people considering moving
to Downtown and people who work in Downtown and who would like to know
what to do after hours in Downtown - but also to recent and even long
established Downtown residents who want to know more about their
neighborhood.</b></span><br />
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Brady Westwaterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00324741206315152948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182022.post-32185687780540912522016-07-21T16:11:00.005-07:002021-12-02T16:13:51.766-08:00New Yorker Makes (Up) History! Yes, New Yorker Magazine - Likely, Totally Prints a Completely Made Up Fictional Story About Los Angeles History!<div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; line-height: 19.32px; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span face=""helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px;">Here is a A Split-Screen Tour of Los Angeles,<a href="http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/a-split-screen-tour-of-los-angeles-seventy-years-ago-and-today"> Seventy Years Ago and Today</a></span></div>
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<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">Now, this a really great piece split screen film showing the new and the old Bunker Hill on the same screen, but the text that comes with it - is an, unforseen disaster </span><br />
<span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> And I realize. the writer likenyonlu just needed a short inseentroduction with a little excitement in it and while rummaging through - his or her mind - a number of possibilities came up. Unfortunately, none of them had any relation to the truth. And these </span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="line-height: 19.32px;">are the 'incorrect statements'.</span></div>
<blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 19.32px; margin-bottom: 6px;">
<span style="color: #121212; font-family: "adobe caslon" , "georgia" , "times new roman" , "times" , serif; line-height: 28px;">Bunker Hill, an area of roughly five square blocks in downtown Los Angeles, holds a place in city lore similar to that of the water wars or the construction of Dodger Stadium: beginning in 1959, it was the subject of a massive urban-renewal project, in which “improvement” was generally defined by the people who stood to profit from it, as well as their backers at City Hall, at the expense of anyone standing in their way. </span></blockquote>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: "adobe caslon" , "georgia" , "times new roman" , "times" , serif; line-height: 28px;">The Bunker Hill Redevelopment Project was adopted in 1959 and somehow lasted an astonishing fifty-three years. </span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: #1d2129;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> The unnamed, and still - totally annymois - writer/directer then states that Bunker Hill 's 1960's razing
and then . total redevelopment was actually a secret plot - by all the evil developers - who were eager to get
the city to condemn and bulldoze the entire hill so they could extract immense amounts money
for themselves. And that they were ruthlessly
doing this at the expense of anyone who got in their way! </span></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: 14.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2129;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> Now in the over 50 years
I've been personally involved - in one way or the with Bunker Hil, first as a private citizen then as elected member (and I was opposed to the CotherRA project; my years were spent trying to save its Victorian houses), I have never - once
- heard or read anyone suggest anything remotely like
that conspiracy theory. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d2129;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #1d2129;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> The very simple reason for that is that - nothing - even resembling a giant giant land swindle ever happened. And besides the fact it never happening, there </span></span><span style="color: #1d2129;"> urban legends about it happening. Which is surprising since Bunker Hill has had more
lies and tall tales told about it than any other project in DTLA’s history.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> Now one of the ways to disprove this feleonous claim - other than the, simple fact it
never happened – is that for over one hundred years - the City of Los Angeles,
following the successful examples set by West Coast cities such as Seattle and
Portland, had tried to better connect Downtown with adjacent areas by tearing down
Bunker Hill. That project - from its inception over one hundred years ago - was what used to be called
a civic improvement that would benefit the nverall civic good <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"> And even back in 1916, almost al of the owners of the buildings on Bunker
Hill had realized tharttheir disconnection from the rest of the city was hurting their
properties and so started tearing down their own buildings and regrade the hill themselve; the price tag, of 16,000,000 million dollars was too much for either the civic realm - or the private realm - to then afford. </span></span></div><div style="background: white; line-height: 14.5pt; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2129;"> Every few years, though, some new versions of the older Bunker Hill projects were being proposed; first in the 1920’s, and then in 1930's, and finally - in<span> </span>the 1940's and the early
1950's. But the problems were always the same - the huge cost of
the project - and the lack of any demand for the land.</span></div>
<div style="background: white; line-height: 14.5pt; margin-bottom: 4.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 4.5pt; margin: 4.5pt 0in;"><span style="color: #1d2129;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">So the huge1950's plan was just another revision of what had been, for many decades, a blockagethis time it had federal money to get the project done. And by
the early 1960’s, finan new parcels were being created and they were slowly sold
and equally slowly developed;</span></span><span style="color: #1d2129;"> a huge</span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">And the reason the development went slowly was that
the Bunker Hill project had always been a civic project designed to achieve
certain civic goals. It had never
been a developer pushed project. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">And not once in the project's one hundred year history had there had never anyone - much less a developer – eager to get their hands on that property. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d2129;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif">So the New Yorker Magazine should consider, both remove and, retract that post - before
it validTWA one more lie to the history books.
Assuming, of course whoc I do0a – that the New Yorker is interested in the
truth - and that is something I do believe is true; which they can prove by running an important article - that they had commissioned - from one of their finest reporters - until they realized - he had chosen to tell a truth that was - rather than tell </span></span></div>
Brady Westwaterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00324741206315152948noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182022.post-55758507439234783042016-07-18T14:41:00.002-07:002016-07-18T14:41:57.745-07:00Anyone Know Where I Can Get an Old Felt Cowboy Hat Cleaned - Fast?<div class="" data-block="true" data-editor="4bb6a" data-offset-key="b44lo-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
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<span data-offset-key="b44lo-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">Anyone know where I can get a old felt cowboy hat - if not dry cleaned - at least - cleaned in a day or two in or near Downtown LA - or maybe Hollywood. All the local </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">dry cleaners say they have to send it out (which I knew) and that it'd then take at least week just to get an estimate.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">And it is the hat in my profile photo.</span></div>
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Brady Westwaterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00324741206315152948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182022.post-47330885711453111382016-07-08T19:10:00.001-07:002016-07-08T19:23:54.426-07:00I Just Watched a Mob Try - Really Hard - to Stomp a Man to Death<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">It was an act of violence that far surpassed...anything ...I have
seen in a lifetime of living in LA or my twenty years in Downtown. I had
just watched a group of not particularly young men and woman stomping on the
face, the head and body of a man lying in the street - 5th
Street just before it meets Hill - directly across from the entrance to
the subway.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">I first knew something was happening when I noticed people
standing in the street when I was a full block away, but didn't think anything
of it, I then had to wait for two signals to change before I was even on that
block - and it was only then that I noticed the people were still standing
here. And as I got closer I heard one woman yell out to someone who was
standing somewhat in front of her. She said - "You know this isn't
making us look very good." <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">And as I got a bit closer, a few of the spectators broke away and
I first saw a somewhat older black man lying in the street with several black
men and one black woman with their backs to me - kicking his body - and
his head - which was bleeding. And it was the woman who - at that point
in time - was doing most of the yelling and most of the kicking to the head and
the face - though they all seemed to be joining in. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">And it was quickly apparent that most of the people closest to the
fight knew the people they were watching as they were calling out to them by
their names. So seeing as, I couldn't see anyone calling for help or even
looking for help (though that could have happened earlier) - I went around the
fight to get to a better reception area just as one of the attackers, who had
been kneeling by then not moving body, appeared to be reaching into the
victim's pockets and while I couldn't see him very well as he passed behind me,
I did see a wad of bills in one of his hands.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">And I was still trying to get to 911 with my phone - with busy
signal after busy signal - as I could still hear the woman yelling and stomping
the man's head ...as I kept on getting so busy signal. So I finally into
Hill Street looking for a police officer - when I spotted a motorcycle officer
coming up 5th - but in the far right hand lane where he would not see the body
since the attackers at that moment had run off. So I ran down the street- and
yelled at the police officer - and pointed towards the now totally motionless body
- and just as he was about to pass me - his eyes saw where I was pointing and
he made a U-turn. And one other person also tried to wave him down once
he saw what I was doing. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">Fortunately, the man came to before the ambulance arrived and he
was alive when he was taken away. And I then left - after briefly telling
the officers what I had seen - since there was nothing else I could do. I
barely saw anyone's face through the crowd and even if I had, I have almost
total facial blindness and I can barely recognize people I've known for years, and
there were plenty of people there who knew who everyone was.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">And - as I said earlier- I have never seen anything like this
before anywhere in LA. But in the past year - with the violent crime wave
that has engulfed the entire city - and the entire state - ever since the
passage of Proposition 47 - I have been seeing a lot of things happening I
never thought I'd ever seen happen in this city. And yet - all the
politicians who lied to us about what it would do to our communities - still
refuse to repeal it and start over.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">And I had just discovered - only minutes before I had left my
office - there is far worse proposition that is going to be on the fall ballot.
A proposition that is supposed to reform sentencing guidelines for
non-violent criminals. But this proposition will instead - as I just discovered
after reading an article the LA Times linked to - unleash a tidal wave of
violent criminals into our communities. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">And I'll be posting on that tomorrow morning.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">My Saturday and Sunday Morning
tours of Historic Downtown LA are from 10:30 to 12:30 <u>every</u> Saturday
and Sunday (Now at only $10 per person) and they start
at THE LAST BOOKSTORE this Saturday July 9thnd
& Sunday July 10th at 5th & Spring. </span></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="background: white;"><a href="http://brighamyen.com/2012/06/22/the-last-bookstore-la-expansion-marks-one-year-anniversary-downtown-la/#more-7890"><span style="color: #336699;">The Last Bookstore </span></a></span></span></b><b><span style="color: #336699; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">presents </span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: #336699; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt;"> 2 hour walking tours</span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"> </span></b><b><span style="background: white; color: #336699; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt;"> of the </span></b><b><i><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">The Secret Lives of Historic
Downtown Los Angeles - FEATURED In <a href="http://lacowboy.blogspot.com/2014/01/great-story-on-downtown-los-angeles-in.html"><span style="color: blue;">GQ MAGAZINE</span></a> and Endorsed By - <a href="http://lacowboy.blogspot.com/2013/06/los-angeles-magazine-declares-walking.html"><span style="color: blue;">LOS ANGELES MAGAZINE and AMERICAN COWBMAGAZINE,/?</span></a></span></i></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Among the many things you will learn this weekend is that if a
friend of Wyatt Earp's had not built the Alexandria Hotel - it would have been
impossible for George Gershwin to have written his iconic Rhapsody in Blue.</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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And all tours start at THE LAST BOOKSTORE in the Spring Arts Tower at 5th and
Spring - enter on the 5th street side - and they are now only $10 per person.</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 18.0pt;">And besides our regular scheduled tours, we will be
offering customized tours on different days and different times and from one to
three hours including weekdays - depending on your schedule. With a
minimum of four reservations, we will design a tour of any part of Downtown
focusing on any subject matter you choose. These tours can be after work,
during lunch breaks - or??</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7182022" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7182022" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7182022" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7182022" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">FOR MORE INFORMATION - contact Brady Westwater at
213-804-8396 - or bradywestwater@gmail.com</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://brighamyen.com/2012/06/22/the-last-bookstore-la-expansion-marks-one-year-anniversary-downtown-la/#more-7890"><span style="color: #336699;">All tours begin at THE LAST BOOKSTORE</span></a> at 453
S. Spring Street in the Spring Arts Tower and will be led by long time Downtown
resident Brady Westwater who, besides being involved with the Downtown LA
Neighborhood Council, the Historic Downtown BID, Gallery Row, Art Walk, and the
BOXeight and the CONCEPT Fashion Weeks, has brought over 150 businesses,
artists and non-profit institutions to Downtown. All tours are only $10
per person. </span></b></div>
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If you are a participant in 'Historic Downtown Los Angeles 101' Tour, you will
see the first motion picture theater built, the place where Babe Ruth
signed his contract with the Yankees, the hotel where Charlie Chaplin lived
when he made his early films (and the place where he made his Los Angeles
vaudeville debut in 1910) - plus the homes and haunts of everyone from actor
Nicholas Cage, the Black Dahlia, Rudolph Valentino, LA’s version of Jack the
Ripper, President Teddy Roosevelt, the Night Stalker, western outlaw Emmet
Dalton, actor Ryan Gosling and more. And you will also visit where
O. J. Simpson bought his knife.</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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You’ll explore an intersection where all four buildings were often visited by
gunfighter/sheriff Wyatt Earp since they were all built or occupied by friends
of his from Tombstone during the shoot-out at the OK Corral. At this
intersection you will also discover what John Wayne, a prime minister of Italy,
Houdini, Winston Churchill, boxer Jack Dempsey, Greta Garbo, President Woodrow
Wilson and multiple Mexican boxing champions all had in common here.</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">You will also see where the first new lofts were opened, the
places where Gallery Row and the Art Walk began and where Fashion Week returned
to Downtown. You will see many of the new boutiques, designer showrooms and
stores that have recently opened in the area along with getting a sneak preview
of what will soon be happening in the area.</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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Tickets for either tour are only $10 per person - free for children under 8 -
and reservations can be made by calling Brady Westwater at 213-804-8396 or
emailing bradywestwater@gmail.com. All credit card orders will be
processed at Last Bookstore and cash payments may be made at the start of
the tour. All proceeds will go towards the revitalization and the
study of the history of the neighborhood. </span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">Lastly, future tours will feature specialized areas of interest
such as architecture, art of all kinds, shopping and food, single streets,
sports </span></b><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">(from steer wrestling
to luchador wrestlers to a Sumo wrestler)</span></b><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">, transportation, specific periods of history, the hidden Wild
West history of Los Angeles, movie locations, Downtown after hours and many
other aspects of the neighborhood. And custom designed can be developed by
request for groups of four or more.</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">We will also be soon starting weekday and evening tours on what
it's like to live in Downtown Los Angeles. You will be introduced to the many
of stores, restaurants, bars, and entertainment venues (and often their owners,
too) - along with being given previews of one of a kind special events - so you
can get a feel for what it is like to live in Downtown Los Angeles.</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<b><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">We
expect this tour to be popular with not only people considering moving to
Downtown and people who work in Downtown and who would like to know what to do
after hours in Downtown - but also to recent and even long established Downtown
residents who want to know more about their neighborhood.</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"></span></div>
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Brady Westwaterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00324741206315152948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182022.post-28711858820703780202016-07-05T17:57:00.000-07:002016-07-05T17:57:10.298-07:00Why I Am Really Happy Chinese Robots Are Getting Ready to Attack Fourth And Broadway<br />
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After spending a few years helping to get The Last Bookstore
through its multiple expansions, and then, following that – spending full time <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>getting my novel The Long Rider, two scripts,
my memoirs, ‘The Cowboy Years; a Memoir of Lives Too Short’ and my big book on past,
present and future of Downtown Los Angeles (all of which ties back to LA’s
fifty plus years of being a pioneering frontier town) at last back on their individual
tracks, I’m finally again ready to start spending a few hours every day, getting back
into the mix of things in DTLA.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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And during my again resumed daily walks, I’ve run into a few
stories which haven’t yet – for one reason or another – found their way into
the media mix.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So – from time to time -
will post a handful of items – simply to call attention to their existence - and
then step back to allow everyone else who tackles such topics – to give them a
full treatment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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First, regarding the robot invasion I had some fun with in a
post a few days ago; it is a small part of a much larger development story and,
even though some of my sources on this overall story are second or third hand –
they were each talking with different people handing different aspects of the
project and all the information which I have been separately given confirms
everything else I have been told.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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The center of the story is the two story solid concrete parking
structure on the southeast corner of 4<sup>th</sup> and Broadway which had all
of its parking closed quite a few months ago. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most of the stores then closed – and moved –
and the remaining stores slowly moved out – one by one - <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>until there were… just two… jewelry stores
left</div>
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Now while all this was happening, a few of local pundits
felt – or heard – <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the project was postponed
– or canceled.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But everything I had been
watching happening made it clear to me, at least – that only the reason things
could be happening in the exact way they had been happening was if the project had
to wait until the last tenant was gone before construction could start.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nothing else made any possible sense.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then some days ago – one of the last two
stores moved – and then closed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And that
then left only… one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And, finally, by the
end of last Friday’s business day – there were… none.</div>
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Now to back up a bit. The first project for this site was announced
back in early 2013 by pioneering Historic Downtown developer Izek Shomof. At
the time he was planning to build 22 story residential high rise and he stated
he had paid north of ten million for the site. The following year Izek redesigned
the project and it was now going to be a 34 story 450,000-foot-high rise with 750
condos, 750 parking spaces and 7,000 feet of retail.</div>
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But the starting date came and went – which is not at all uncommon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And then I heard a rumor through the grapevine;
a rumor that a major Chinese developers had made Izek an offer that absolutely no
one could refuse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And when I called up
Izek – he conformed he had not refused it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>But for almost a year, it was still listed everywhere as one of his
projects and that’s when I started to read that the project had been delayed or
canceled.</div>
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Then – around a month or so ago – the controversial fire
damaged buildings across the street from this project – located on the northeast
corner of 4<sup>th</sup> and Broadway – suddenly seemed to have people
inspecting the site. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And a couple inquiries
disclosed a buyer had unexpectedly surface; a buyer who was already very close
to making a deal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And knowing the history
of the owner of the site – and having once tried to make a deal with him on
another project – I knew any deal would have to be at a price that absolutely
no one could possibly resist. </div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And the next day – I heard
he hadn’t. </div>
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Not long after that, a clean-up crew showed up and considerably
improved the look of the fire ruined buildings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And by the time they were finished, they looked a hell of a lot better.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And then there was another new rumor. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The new owners of the property – were the owners
of the building site across the street!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They were going to build another tower on that corner – and then connect
the two towers with a sky-bridge.</div>
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And that brings us up to last Friday and the closing of the
last jewelry store in the parking garage. So I finally asked the store’s owner
if I had been right – and if the developers had been waiting for him to leave
before they could start construction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And
he confirmed I had guessed right. </div>
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And that’s when I heard all about the about the coming
attack of the robots.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since solid concrete
is very hard to disassemble – dynamite and wresting cranes are two of the more
often used methods when the adjoining building is not residential – the developers
decided to instead import an army of robots to tear down the building,</div>
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And that’s where things stand at the moment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But more later…</div>
Brady Westwaterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00324741206315152948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182022.post-21920525742395365712016-07-03T19:51:00.005-07:002016-07-03T20:04:08.540-07:00It's Cowboy Christmas and This Cowboy is a Long, Long Way From Home<div class="MsoNormal">
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For those not familiar with what is left of the cowboy West, the week before and after - the Fourth
of July is called the Cowboy Christmas. It's called that because there they
are so many rodeos going on at one time in every part of the West that rodeo cowboys - both part and full time - have a hard time trying to figure out which ones to unwrap first. So it is not
uncommon for rodeo cowboys to try to hit half-a-dozen – or more – rodeos – during Cowboy Christmas
week by sharing private planes – or splitting driving shifts in packed pick-ups. </div>
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Now
while I never did the rodeo cowboy thing – with a few exceptions – when I
first hit the cowboy trail - we did train bucking stock which we sold to
stock contractors and we , at times, went to the rodeos to see how they
performed… which brings us to today’s tale…</div>
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During
my first Cowboy Christmas, one of the contractor’s bucking stock
couldn’t make it from one rodeo to the next in time and my own personal
horse – Mr. D – the buckingest horse that ever lived – just happened to
be with me. So with it being a seller’s market in the leasing of bucking
broncs – I asked good old Mr. D if he would care to make his rodeo debut
and he quickly gave me an eager snort - hell, yes.</div>
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The
next few days were mighty entertaining for all of us - and particularly, Mr. D, as we watched
one cowboy after another go flying in near record times.</div>
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So
we repeated this several times during the following week. And it was a
mighty sad day for Mr. D when we finally returned back to the ranch after our
first Cowboy Christmas. The
next year, however, due to small rodeo’s close proximity to a much
larger rodeo – a couple cowboys who were in the money for that year’s
championship showed up – and one of them got instantly tossed by Mr. D
as soon
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as keeping a low profile was always our number one priority, with that
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following year, we hit some smaller rodeos – making certain that no
ranking cowboys would be there – but when one person moseyed over to us
and asked us... if he was the Cowboy Christmas horse… we quickly packed
up and left, thus ending Mr. D’s rodeo career to both our regrets.</div>
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now I am sitting in a loft in Downtown Los Angeles and Mr. D has long
been grazing up in horse heaven. But while my body may be in one place - my mind today will be far way in
another time and another place where Mr. D and I are getting ready to
celebrate our first Cowboy Christmas.</div>
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Because it is Cowboy Christmas and this cowboy is a long way from home.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This
is a short version of the Cowboy Christmas story which will be in my
upcoming book - "My Cowboy Years; a Memoir of Lives Too Short".</span></span> </div>
Brady Westwaterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00324741206315152948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182022.post-18455957736557080832016-07-01T17:53:00.003-07:002016-07-01T18:48:48.784-07:00Killer Robots to Attack Downtown Los Angeles! Mass Evacuations Underway!<br />
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Yes, it has come to this cowboy’s attention that Downtown
Los Angeles – <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>always in the forefront of everything that is new and exciting - and never afraid of anything the future has to offer – is about to be attacked by an advanced race of killer robots! Killer robots controlled by a mysterious foreign power planning to attack DTLA - next week!<br />
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And we're not talking about movie props or friendly robots who want to make our lives better. These are real life killing machines designed to do one thing - and one thing only; totally destroy everything <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">in their paths. And next week - their path is in the heart of Downtown Los Angeles.</span> And once they are done<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>– Downtown will
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So I'll keep you informed of the attack when and it starts I'll also keep everyone informed of the latest evacuation orders<br />
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HOWEVER - if you should be attending either of this <a href="http://lacowboy.blogspot.com/2016/06/mid-70s-for-saturday-sundays-july-2nd.html">weekend's waking tours of DTLA</a> - we might be passing... very near... ground zero of the invasion.</div>
Brady Westwaterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00324741206315152948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182022.post-35528367153945159152016-06-28T15:06:00.000-07:002016-06-28T15:06:35.832-07:00Mid 70's for Saturday & Sunday's July 2nd & 3rd Two Hour Walking Tours of Historic Downtown Los Angeles starting at The Last Bookstore<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">M</span>y Saturday and Sunday <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">M</span>orning tours of Historic Downtown LA are from 10:30 to 12:30 <u>every</u> Saturday and Sunday (Now at only $10 per person) and they <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">start at <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">THE LAST BOOKS<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">TORE this Saturday July 2nd & Sunday July 3rd <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">at 5th & Spring.<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></b></span></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 1.3em;">And besides our regular scheduled tours, we will be offering customized tours on different days and different times and from one to three hours including weekdays - depending on your schedule. With a minimum of four reservations, we will design a tour of any part of Downtown focusing on any subject matter you choose. These tours can be after work, during lunch breaks - or??</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://brighamyen.com/2012/06/22/the-last-bookstore-la-expansion-marks-one-year-anniversary-downtown-la/#more-7890" style="color: #336699;" target="_blank">All tours begin at THE LAST BOOKSTORE</a> at 453 S. Spring Street in the Spring Arts Tower and will be led by long time Downtown resident Brady Westwater who, besides being involved with the Downtown LA Neighborhood Council, the Historic Downtown BID, Gallery Row, Art Walk, and the BOXeight and the CONCEPT Fashion Weeks, has brought over 150 businesses, artists and non-profit institutions to Downtown. All tours are only $15 per person. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>If you are a participant in 'Historic Downtown Los Angeles 101' Tour, you will see the first motion picture theater built, the place where Babe Ruth signed his contract with the Yankees, the hotel where Charlie Chaplin lived when he made his early films (and the place where he made his Los Angeles vaudeville debut in 1910) - plus the homes and haunts of everyone from actor Nicholas Cage, the Black Dahlia, Rudolph Valentino, LA’s version of Jack the Ripper, President Teddy Roosevelt, the Night Stalker, western outlaw Emmet Dalton, actor Ryan Gosling and more. And you will also visit where O. J. Simpson bought his knife.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>You will also see where the first new lofts were opened, the places where Gallery Row and the Art Walk began and where Fashion Week returned to Downtown. You will see many of the new boutiques, designer showrooms and stores that have recently opened in the area along with getting a sneak preview of what will soon be happening in the area.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em;"><b>Tickets for either tour are only $10 per person - free for children under 8 - and reservations can be made by calling Brady Westwater at 213-804-8396 or emailing bradywestwater@gmail.com. All credit card orders will be processed at Last Bookstore and cash payments may be made at the start of the tour. All proceeds will go towards the revitalization and the study of the history of the neighborhood. </b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em;">Lastly, future tours will feature specialized areas of interest such as architecture, art of all kinds, shopping and food, single streets, sports </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px;">(from steer wrestling to luchador wrestlers to a Sumo wrestler)</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em;">, transportation, specific periods of history, the hidden Wild West history of Los Angeles, movie locations, Downtown after hours and many other aspects of the neighborhood. And custom designed can be developed by request for groups of four or more.</span></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20.4375px;"><b>We expect this tour to be popular with not only people considering moving to Downtown and people who work in Downtown and who would like to know what to do after hours in Downtown - but also to recent and even long established Downtown residents who want to know more about their neighborhood.</b></span></div>
Brady Westwaterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00324741206315152948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182022.post-10328906003845377182016-05-12T09:25:00.003-07:002016-08-03T10:37:08.446-07:00Explore Historic Downtown Los Angeles this Sat. May 14th & Sun. May 15th 10:30 - 12:30 starting at The Last Bookstore at 5th & Spring.<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">M</span>y Saturday and Sunday <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">M</span>orning tours of
Historic Downtown LA from 10:30 to 12:30 <u>every</u> Saturday and Sunday ($15 per person) <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">are starting at <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">THE LAST BOOKS<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">TORE this Saturday <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">May <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">14</span>th </span>& Sunday <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">May <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">15</span>th</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">at 5th & 453<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> S. </span>Sp<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ring i<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">n</span> the Spring Arts Tower. </span></span></span></span></span>And
each of these tours can be customized - within reason, of course - to
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Arts Tower at 5th and Spring - enter on the 5th street side - and they are still only $15 per person.</b></div>
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 1.3em;">And
besides our regular scheduled tours, we will be offering customized
tours on different days and different times and from one to three hours
including weekdays - depending on your schedule. With a minimum of four
reservations, we will design a tour of any part of Downtown focusing on
any subject matter you choose. These tours can be after work, during
lunch breaks - or??</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://brighamyen.com/2012/06/22/the-last-bookstore-la-expansion-marks-one-year-anniversary-downtown-la/#more-7890" style="color: #336699;" target="_blank">All tours begin at THE LAST BOOKSTORE</a> at
453 S. Spring Street in the Spring Arts Tower and will be led by long
time Downtown resident Brady Westwater who, besides being involved with
the Downtown LA Neighborhood Council, the Historic Downtown BID, Gallery
Row, Art Walk, and the BOXeight and the CONCEPT Fashion Weeks, has
brought over 150 businesses, artists and non-profit institutions to
Downtown. All tours are only $15 per person. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>If
you are a participant in 'Historic Downtown Los Angeles 101' Tour, you
will see the first motion picture theater built, the place where Babe
Ruth signed his contract with the Yankees, the hotel where Charlie
Chaplin lived when he made his early films (and the place where he made
his Los Angeles vaudeville debut in 1910) - plus the homes and haunts of
everyone from actor Nicholas Cage, the Black Dahlia, Rudolph Valentino,
LA’s version of Jack the Ripper, President Teddy Roosevelt, the Night
Stalker, western outlaw Emmet Dalton, actor Ryan Gosling and more. And
you will also visit where O. J. Simpson bought his knife.</b></span></div>
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explore an intersection where all four buildings were often visited by
gunfighter/sheriff Wyatt Earp since they were all built or occupied by
friends of his from Tombstone during the shoot-out at the OK Corral. At
this intersection you will also discover what John Wayne, a prime
minister of Italy, Houdini, Winston Churchill, boxer Jack Dempsey, Greta
Garbo, President Woodrow Wilson and multiple Mexican boxing champions
all had in common here.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>You
will also see where the first new lofts were opened, the places where
Gallery Row and the Art Walk began and where Fashion Week returned to
Downtown. You will see many of the new boutiques, designer showrooms
and stores that have recently opened in the area along with getting a
sneak preview of what will soon be happening in the area.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em;"><b>Tickets
for either tour are only $15 per person - free for children under 8 -
and reservations can be made by calling Brady Westwater at 213-804-8396
or emailing bradywestwater@gmail.com. All credit card orders will be
processed at Last Bookstore and cash payments may be made at the start
of the tour. All proceeds will go towards the revitalization and the
study of the history of the neighborhood. </b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em;">Lastly,
future tours will feature specialized areas of interest such as
architecture, art of all kinds, shopping and food, single streets,
sports </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px;">(from steer wrestling to luchador wrestlers to a Sumo wrestler)</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em;">,
transportation, specific periods of history, the hidden Wild West
history of Los Angeles, movie locations, Downtown after hours and many
other aspects of the neighborhood. And custom designed can be developed
by request for groups of four or more.</span></b></div>
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will also be soon starting weekday and evening tours on what it's like
to live in Downtown Los Angeles. You will be introduced to the many of
stores, restaurants, bars, and entertainment venues (and often their
owners, too) - along with being given previews of one of a kind special
events - so you can get a feel for what it is like to live in Downtown
Los Angeles.</b></span></div>
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expect this tour to be popular with not only people considering moving
to Downtown and people who work in Downtown and who would like to know
what to do after hours in Downtown - but also to recent and even long
established Downtown residents who want to know more about their
neighborhood.</b></span><br />
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Brady Westwaterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00324741206315152948noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182022.post-43579947626447431992016-05-06T12:40:00.003-07:002016-05-06T12:40:55.763-07:00Could This Be The Park Plan That's Too Good For Los Angeles?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span data-offset-key="2h0ok-0-0"><span data-text="true">Might This Be the Park Plan That's Too Good for LA?</span></span><br />
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<span data-offset-key="bder4-0-0"><span data-text="true">The biggest problem I have had in trying to first figure out myself – and then to try and explain why this park design by <a href="http://pershingsquarerenew.nationbuilder.com/james_corner_field_operations_with_frederick_fisher_and_partners">James Corner Field Operations</a> works so well is due to invisible complexity with which the planner has put together different elements which function with – or without each other - in ways that are not immediately apparent. Particularly when what they are doing may not be visible even if you are standing right in front of them. And unless everyone making the decision about how to redesign Pershing Square,next week really understands this plan - we may lose a plan that is far better than even the first three Pershing Squares</span></span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="7uc5p-0-0"><span data-text="true">To explain, I’ll use the single best park feature ever proposed to be built in any LA park - and that is the terraced hill. It starts by fixing a problem I have thought about for 20 years without a clue as to how to fix; it’s the really ugly sidewalk on the 6th Street side of the park and it is right after the half block that passes the side wall of a bank branch, which is another dreary walk.</span></span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="atcs6-0-0"><span data-text="true"> And that’s just the start…</span></span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="6foi1-0-0"><span data-text="true">The real brilliance of the hill (which to the uneducated eye may appear to separate the interior part of the park from the city and the neighborhood) is that it has a large flat esplanade at its top with a 360 degree view of all of Pershing Square and all of the Bunker Hill and all the surrounding historic buildings.</span></span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="ehj2i-0-0"><span data-text="true">And that gives that side of the park not just a street connection with the esplanade but it also gives the park 360 connection with the whole neighborhood – and the sky and the sun – and the moon and the clouds. And if you take a picture of yourself or a friend – right behind you will be all of Pershing Square and half of the buildings of Bunker Hill and Pershing Square – and the big wide sky above. </span></span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="1op8l-0-0"><span data-text="true">And in all of DTLA – and there is no other spot where that type of photo can be taken. And with LA based snapchat now having 7 BILLION views a day – this could overnight become one of the most popular places in LA to take a soon to be iconic photo. </span></span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="epfm8-0-0"><span data-text="true">But that’s only a few of the ways the hill makes this park design so unique. It also shields traffic noises on that side of the park and the scale of its terraces also makes it a great place for couples and individuals and families to take part of each terrace as a place to be together. </span></span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="ftpr0-0-0"><span data-text="true">And at night, if there is a movie or a concert – the hillside will be pre-wired to have speakers on each level to provide far better quality sound than is possible now for listeners – instead of the current blast of sound that's so loud it disturbs the whole area as it does now</span></span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="2aeu7-0-0"><span data-text="true">And that’s just a touch of what this plan has to offer the community but which cannot be learned by looking at renderings or reading bullet pint presentations. And that brings me to my biggest fear. That this plan may be too sophisticated to be understood without a lot of careful reading of its details or walking the site with someone who knows how to explain it.</span></span></div>
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Brady Westwaterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00324741206315152948noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182022.post-76857906506922474852016-05-05T16:56:00.002-07:002016-05-05T17:04:23.997-07:00Discover Historic Downtown Los Angeles this Sat. May 7th & Sun. May 8th 10:30 - 12:30 starting at The Last Bookstore at 5th & Spring.<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">M</span>y Saturday and Sunday <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">M</span>orning tours of
Historic Downtown LA from 10:30 to 12:30 <u>every</u> Saturday and Sunday ($15 per person) <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">are starting at <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">THE LAST BOOKS<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">TORE this Saturday <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">May 7th </span>& Sunday <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">May <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">8th</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">at 5th & 453<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> S. </span>Sp<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ring i<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">n</span> the Spring Arts Tower. </span></span></span></span></span>And
each of these tours can be customized - within reason, of course - to
meet the interests of those who reserve ahead of time.</b></span></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 1.3em;">Among the many things you will learn this
weekend is that if a friend of Wyatt Earp's had not built the Alexandria
Hotel - it would have been impossible for George Gershwin to have
written his iconic Rhapsody in Blue.</b><br />
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 1.3em;">And all tours start at THE LAST BOOKSTORE in the Spring
Arts Tower at 5th and Spring - enter on the 5th street side - and they are still only $15 per person.</b></div>
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 1.3em;">And
besides our regular scheduled tours, we will be offering customized
tours on different days and different times and from one to three hours
including weekdays - depending on your schedule. With a minimum of four
reservations, we will design a tour of any part of Downtown focusing on
any subject matter you choose. These tours can be after work, during
lunch breaks - or??</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://brighamyen.com/2012/06/22/the-last-bookstore-la-expansion-marks-one-year-anniversary-downtown-la/#more-7890" style="color: #336699;" target="_blank">All tours begin at THE LAST BOOKSTORE</a> at
453 S. Spring Street in the Spring Arts Tower and will be led by long
time Downtown resident Brady Westwater who, besides being involved with
the Downtown LA Neighborhood Council, the Historic Downtown BID, Gallery
Row, Art Walk, and the BOXeight and the CONCEPT Fashion Weeks, has
brought over 150 businesses, artists and non-profit institutions to
Downtown. All tours are only $15 per person. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>If
you are a participant in 'Historic Downtown Los Angeles 101' Tour, you
will see the first motion picture theater built, the place where Babe
Ruth signed his contract with the Yankees, the hotel where Charlie
Chaplin lived when he made his early films (and the place where he made
his Los Angeles vaudeville debut in 1910) - plus the homes and haunts of
everyone from actor Nicholas Cage, the Black Dahlia, Rudolph Valentino,
LA’s version of Jack the Ripper, President Teddy Roosevelt, the Night
Stalker, western outlaw Emmet Dalton, actor Ryan Gosling and more. And
you will also visit where O. J. Simpson bought his knife.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>You’ll
explore an intersection where all four buildings were often visited by
gunfighter/sheriff Wyatt Earp since they were all built or occupied by
friends of his from Tombstone during the shoot-out at the OK Corral. At
this intersection you will also discover what John Wayne, a prime
minister of Italy, Houdini, Winston Churchill, boxer Jack Dempsey, Greta
Garbo, President Woodrow Wilson and multiple Mexican boxing champions
all had in common here.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>You
will also see where the first new lofts were opened, the places where
Gallery Row and the Art Walk began and where Fashion Week returned to
Downtown. You will see many of the new boutiques, designer showrooms
and stores that have recently opened in the area along with getting a
sneak preview of what will soon be happening in the area.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em;"><b>Tickets
for either tour are only $15 per person - free for children under 8 -
and reservations can be made by calling Brady Westwater at 213-804-8396
or emailing bradywestwater@gmail.com. All credit card orders will be
processed at Last Bookstore and cash payments may be made at the start
of the tour. All proceeds will go towards the revitalization and the
study of the history of the neighborhood. </b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em;">Lastly,
future tours will feature specialized areas of interest such as
architecture, art of all kinds, shopping and food, single streets,
sports </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px;">(from steer wrestling to luchador wrestlers to a Sumo wrestler)</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em;">,
transportation, specific periods of history, the hidden Wild West
history of Los Angeles, movie locations, Downtown after hours and many
other aspects of the neighborhood. And custom designed can be developed
by request for groups of four or more.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em;"><b>We
will also be soon starting weekday and evening tours on what it's like
to live in Downtown Los Angeles. You will be introduced to the many of
stores, restaurants, bars, and entertainment venues (and often their
owners, too) - along with being given previews of one of a kind special
events - so you can get a feel for what it is like to live in Downtown
Los Angeles.</b></span></div>
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expect this tour to be popular with not only people considering moving
to Downtown and people who work in Downtown and who would like to know
what to do after hours in Downtown - but also to recent and even long
established Downtown residents who want to know more about their
neighborhood.</b></span><br />
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Brady Westwaterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00324741206315152948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182022.post-22871815562541653162016-05-03T09:34:00.001-07:002016-05-03T09:37:34.415-07:00Who Should Design the Next Pershing Square Park?<span style="font-size: large;">Designs for LA’s Pershing Square: ‘Different’, ‘Overwhelming’ but, Look Out for the Well Worn ‘X’ </span>
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WESTWATER’S DOWNDOWN--A few years ago, four finalists were
telling Downtown LA & Boyle Heights residents why they were
qualified to design and build the replacement for the fabled 6<sup>th</sup> Bridge that had long connected the two communities.</blockquote>
Half-way into one very long presentation, my Facebook page suddenly
seemed … a lot more compelling. And as the next presenter approached the
mike, a slide suddenly appeared that reminded me of the early 20<sup>th</sup> Century 6th Street Bridge - and yet equally felt as if it could have come from a future that didn’t quite yet exist.<br />
In other words – it was the type of exciting architecture that used
to be built in LA, but which is now only built in other places.<br />
And I was suddenly excited that something that … different … might be
built in Downtown LA. But then, I realized it had been a long time
since the City of LA had built anything this different … just as I knew
that upcoming politicians would shy away from anything that was …
different.<br />
But I was wrong. And at the next meeting of the two communities,
Councilman Jose Huizar announced that this was the bridge the City was
going to build.<br />
Now let’s fast forward to early this year. First, there was the day
the bridge that I thought could never be built, broke ground, and then
there was the day I belatedly found out Huizar had recently announced
the final four candidates for the redesign of <b>Pershing Square</b>. And after they finished their proposals, I found myself again watching another set of presentations.<br />
But this time I had been able to see parts of each plan on-line and,
even though one of the plans seemed the best, it was hard to tell from
the small renderings what was really happening – or how they all fit
together. But once I saw the blown up slides and other materials on a
big screen – and each of the designers explained what they were actually
doing – the one I had thought I liked, began to come together until it
began to resemble a chess board of pieces – all working together towards
a common goal.<br />
And, I was … overwhelmed,<br />
By the next morning, my subconscious had been given a real work out. I
was finally realizing how deeply connected every part of it was. All
the details of it.<br />
As I grew comfortable with that, it began to feel as if it might
actually be that long sought after, uncommon - common space; the elusive
Holy Grail of urbanism. A space which makes those who enter it feel
comfortable and a space where anyone can walk in and sense there might
be some part of that space that will welcome them.<br />
And for three days I walked and walked the park, the streets and the neighborhood– until it all finally made sense to me.<br />
And more on that tomrrow in CityWatch.<br />
So here, in this initial post I will begin with the first of the
second-best plans and why, while each of them were very good in many
ways, they were less successful in other ways and a touch less daring
than the <a href="http://pershingsquarerenew.nationbuilder.com/james_corner_field_operations_with_frederick_fisher_and_partners" rel="alternate" target="_blank"><u>Corner plan</u>.</a> First up is ‘<a href="http://pershingsquarerenew.nationbuilder.com/agence_ter_and_team" rel="alternate" target="_blank">Agence Ter and Team’</a> which
is visually very attractive but which has a few problems – one of which
may be insurmountable. If you look at the below diagram, you can see
their plan removes all diagonal paths across the park. And that they
have placed the huge lawn area – at grade – covering most of the square.
That means everyone who walks through the park – will need to break
their own trail - so to speak – until a very well-worn ‘X’ is dug into
the middle of the grass lawn.<br />
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And that is the exact plan which USC had recently tried to implement
on a huge grass area between its two main libraries; a grass area which
instantly became a muddy grassless wasteland because absolutely everyone
walked across the lawn exactly where the diagonal paths should have
been until USC finally gave up and realized that overly optimistic
planning could not defeat human nature or common sense - and dig up and
replaced everything – and then reinstalled the diagonal paths.<br />
This projects second problem is that if they put a concrete ‘X’ in
the middle of this plan, that would destroy everything that works. And
that is what is called being between a rock and a hard place. A possible
third issue is that the entire park has been lowered to the height of
the surrounding sidewalks (which is in itself, a very big ticket item)
into one huge undifferentiated space.<br />
That means that any place you are in the park, you will be able to
see every single car on Olive, Fifth and Sixth Streets as they drive by
the park. And the cars will be whizzing by all three sides of the park
with just a short curb separating the cars, their noise and their car
exhaust from the park.<br />
And if a car does jump that curb – there will be little to stop it.<br />
And that is the type of close examination every one of the projects
will need to have. And I’ll finish looking at the plans in the next
issue of CityWatch.<br />
<i>(Brady Westwater is a writer and a longtime contributor to CityWatch. He is president of Westwater Films and Media.)</i><br />
<i>-cw</i>Brady Westwaterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00324741206315152948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182022.post-4248976964031085282016-05-01T14:06:00.001-07:002016-05-01T14:06:26.434-07:00The Two Second Pershing Square Designs & A Rendering of the Best Design<br />
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THE TWO SECOND BEST PERSHING SQUARE DESIGNS<br />
When I woke up
this morning, I knew my subconscious had been working all night when I
instantly visualized all four plans without even trying. And then,
when I got to my desk in my office - and relooked at everything - it
quickly became ever clearer that the Corner/Fisher design is far and
away the best plan for the local community. And that it would also work
the best for casual visitors and, with a few changes and additions, it
might also be the best design for tourists coming to DTLA.<br />
It is
also the only plan which – with some tweaks - might approach becoming
that long thought mythical type of uncommon - common space - which
everyone has long been seeking as the Holy Grail of urbanism. And when I
walked the area early this morning, I was able to confirm what I had
only suspected last night. Their plan also addresses the adjoining
streets, sidewalks and buildings in ways none of the other designs
attempt – and in provocative ways I had never before – even remotely –
ever thought of. <br />
And – amazing, it also appears to have the best financial plan of the projects.<br />
In fact this plan is so good – I am – almost – tempted to not bring two
baskets of really over-ripe tomatoes to hurl at the face of James
Corner every time he deliberately mispronounces the name of our city. <br />
And, yes – I did say – almost; because I’m not even remotely near there yet.<br />
And before I move on from here, unless you were at the event last night
– and had seen the additional slides and renderings beyond what has
been up on-line, I know it will be difficult for anyone to understand
some of the better qualities of their project – as well as harder to
understand some of the issues in the other projects. So I will see what
I can do about putting up some updated photos regarding that plan -
which I will go over in detail in my third and final post today on
Pershing Square.<br />
But first, in this initial post I will address
the two second best plans and why, while they were very good in many
ways, they were less successful and a touch less daring than the
Corner/Fisher plan. First up is ‘Agence Ter and Team’ and I first need
to admit – with one big exception, there is very little that doesn’t
work in this plan – except for maybe the open edible garden….<br />
And
the plan’s sole major problem was the removal of the diagonal paths
across the park and the placement of the huge lawn area – at grade –
right in the middle of square. And that is the exact plan USC tried to
implement on the huge grass area between its two main libraries; a grass
area which instantly became a muddy grassless wasteland because -
absolutely everyone – had walked across the lawn where the diagonal
paths should have been until USC - finally - realized that bad planning
could not defeat human nature or common sense - and reinstalled the
diagonals.. <br />
But even though that can be easily fixed in the
plan – my real problem was that there wasn’t enough there – there.
Nothing that grabbed my attention as something new, something that might
make a real difference. But there were a number of details I would like
to know more – such as the liquid sky and certain aspects of the
pavilions. There might be a pace for them somewhere in DTLA – such as
the Grand Park. Particularly if they can be easily uprooted and moved.<br />
Considerably better in the interesting ideas category was the plan by
wHY + CIVITAS. Again, there is not much wrong with it except that too
many of the green spaces were small islands surrounded by pavement –
or they were consumed by the conceit that they were standing in for the
lost urban foothills of Los Angeles; a concept that didn’t do anything
for me. <br />
Those ‘foothills’ also wasted too much unusable land
that’s too up in the air as opposed to the Corner/Fisher project with
its one very impressive hillside and its very different second raised
area. And the wHY + CIVITAS design also has areas covered with
decomposed granite; a product Satan himself (unless women want to claim
him now)had to have designed since it always leaves dust, dirt or mud on
your shoes. And if there is one restriction the City of LA should
insist upon – it’s that no decomposed granite shall be used in any part
of Pershing Square or any urban park in DTLA. <br />
And as for wHY +
CIVITAS’s proposal’s many good qualities – they are quite similar to
what I like about Corner/Fisher project. But I prefer how Corner/Fisher
executed those ideas. But, in the other hand, it’s also a plan which
has details I can’t quite see or yet know enough about to have an
opinion on; so I am looking forward to seeing if their more detailed
plans might shed some more light on them.<br />
Brady Westwaterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00324741206315152948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182022.post-39643663277348657082016-04-29T11:55:00.000-07:002016-04-29T12:09:43.699-07:00The Two Second Best Pershing Square Designs <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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</xml><![endif]-->When I woke up this morning, I knew my subconscious had been
working all night when I instantly visualized <a href="http://pershingsquarenew.com/competition/">all four plans</a> without even
trying.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And then, when I got to my desk in my office -
and relooked at everything - it quickly became ever clearer that the
<a href="http://pershingsquarerenew.nationbuilder.com/james_corner_field_operations_with_frederick_fisher_and_partners">Corner/Fisher</a> design (see photo above) is far and away the best plan for the local
community.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And that it would also work
the best for casual visitors and, with a few changes and additions, it might also
be the best design for tourists coming to DTLA.<br />
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is also the only plan which – with some tweaks <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">- might</i> approach becoming that long thought
mythical type of uncommon - common space - which everyone has long been seeking
as the Holy Grail of urbanism.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And when
I walked the area early this morning, I was able to confirm what I had only
suspected last night.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their plan also
addresses the adjoining streets, sidewalks and buildings in ways none of the
other designs attempt – and in provocative ways I had never before – even remotely
– ever thought of.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And – amazing, it
also appears to have the best financial plan of the projects.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
In fact this plan is so good – I am – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">almost </i>– tempted to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">not</i> bring
two baskets of really over-ripe tomatoes to hurl at the face of James Corner
every time he deliberately mispronounces the name of our city.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>And, yes – I did say – almost; because I’m not even remotely
near there yet.
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
And before I move on from here, unless you were at the event
last night – and had seen the additional slides and renderings beyond what has
been up on-line, I know it will be difficult for anyone to understand some of
the better qualities of their project – as well as harder to understand some of
the issues in the other projects.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I
will see what I can do about putting up some updated photos regarding that plan
- which I will go over in detail in my third and final post today on Pershing
Square.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
But first, in this initial post I will address the two second
best plans and why, while they were very good in many ways, they were less
successful and a touch less daring than the Corner/Fisher plan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>First up is <a href="http://pershingsquarerenew.nationbuilder.com/agence_ter_and_team"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>‘Agence Ter and Team’</a> and I first need to
admit <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>– with one big exception, there is
very little that doesn’t work in this plan – except for maybe the open edible
garden….</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
And the plan’s sole major problem was the removal of the diagonal
paths across the park and the placement of the huge lawn area – at grade –
right in the middle of square.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And that
is the exact plan USC tried to implement on the huge grass area between its two
main libraries; a grass area which instantly became a muddy grassless wasteland
because - absolutely everyone – had walked across the lawn where the diagonal paths
should have been until USC - finally - realized that bad planning could not defeat
human nature or common sense - and reinstalled the diagonals..<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
But even though that can be easily fixed in the plan – my real
problem was that there wasn’t enough there – there. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nothing that grabbed my attention as something
new, something that might make a real difference. But there were a number of
details I would like to know more – such as the liquid sky and certain aspects
of the pavilions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There might be a pace
for them somewhere in DTLA – such as the Grand Park.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Particularly if they can be easily uprooted
and moved.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Considerably better in the interesting ideas category was
the plan by <a href="http://pershingsquarerenew.nationbuilder.com/why_civitas">wHY + CIVITAS</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Again, there
is not much wrong with it except that too many of the green spaces were <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>small islands surrounded by pavement – <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>or they were consumed by the conceit that they
were standing in for the lost urban foothills of Los Angeles; a concept that
didn’t do anything for me. </div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Those ‘foothills’ also wasted too much
unusable land that’s too up in the air as opposed to the Corner/Fisher
project with its one very impressive hillside and its very different second
raised area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And the<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>wHY + CIVITAS design also has areas covered with decomposed
granite; a product Satan himself (unless women want to claim him now)had to have
designed since it always leaves dust, dirt or mud on your shoes. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And if there is one restriction the City of
LA should insist upon – it’s that no decomposed granite shall be used in any
part of Pershing Square or any urban park in DTLA.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
And as for wHY + CIVITAS’s proposal’s many good
qualities – they are quite similar to what I like about Corner/Fisher project. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But I prefer how Corner/Fisher executed those
ideas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But, in the other hand, it’s also a plan which has
details I can’t quite see or yet know enough about to have an opinion on; so I
am looking forward to seeing if their more detailed plans might shed some more
light on them.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Next up, in a few hours, I will be posting why a modified SWA/MORPHOSIS
project - which I really, really I hated when saw it last night <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>-
actually might work quite well as an urban experiment in sustainability.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But
not – in any way shape or form – will it work in Pershing Square. Because it is
what it is – and trying to make it into a concept for a major urban public space
that needs to appeal to everyone – is simply not what it is. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
And just as I was typing that last line…. – it suddenly all came
to me.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The way to build and test thisconcept – in a real world situation – in the type of place it fits.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And then it further came to me – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">exactly </i>where it needs to be built.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Because, if it did work there – <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and its chances of success would be far
greater there than in Pershing Square - then another one could be built - <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>right next door – giving it more of an economy
of scale.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And if that too worked, then
it could then be replicated – again and again – dozens or even hundreds of
times more. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
OK – it now may take
me just a bit longer to write and type that…</div>
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<br />Brady Westwaterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00324741206315152948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182022.post-23441826677702920432016-04-28T21:51:00.003-07:002016-04-29T05:20:50.300-07:00Visions of Pershing Square - One Winner, Two Runner-Ups and a Foul Ball<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I just got back from the Palace Theater in Downtown Los Angeles and the presentations by four groups of designers on the<a href="http://pershingsquarenew.com/"> Re-Imaging of Pershing Square</a> - one of Councilman Jose Huizar's many projects for Downtown Los Angeles.<br />
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And the good news is that there is a clear winner! James Corner Field Operations (who for some reason went out of his way to - repeatedly - mispronounce the name of our city throughout his presentation) with Frederick Fisher and Partners - totally out-classed (other than in manners. of course) two of the other projects (Agence and Team, & wHY + Civitas) while SWA/Morphosis had a really... bizarre.... concept of making Pershing Square into an urban farm (among other things) with a massive metal building totally walling off 5th Street from the park.<br />
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Much more tomorrow.Brady Westwaterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00324741206315152948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182022.post-56532356368097303852016-04-26T10:08:00.000-07:002016-04-26T10:08:02.767-07:00Discover Historic Downtown Los Angeles this Sat. April 30th & Sun. May 1st 10:30 - 12:30 starting at The Last Bookstore at 5th & Spring.<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">M</span>y Saturday and Sunday <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">M</span>orning tours of
Historic Downtown LA from 10:30 to 12:30 <u>every</u> Saturday and Sunday ($15 per person) <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">are starting at <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">THE LAST BOOKS<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">TORE this Saturday April <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">30th</span> & Sunday <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">May 1st</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">at 5th & Sp<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ring i<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">n</span> the Spring Arts Tower. </span></span></span></span></span>And
each of these tours can be customized - within reason, of course - to
meet the interests of those who reserve ahead of time.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #336699; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 1.3em;"><b><a href="http://brighamyen.com/2012/06/22/the-last-bookstore-la-expansion-marks-one-year-anniversary-downtown-la/#more-7890" style="color: #336699;" target="_blank">The Last Bookstore </a></b></span><span style="color: #336699;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>presents </b></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #336699; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 1.3em;"><b> 2 hour walking tours</b></span><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #336699; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 1.3em;"><b> of the </b></span><i style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20.4375px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>The Secret Lives of Historic Downtown Los Angeles - FEATURED In <a href="http://lacowboy.blogspot.com/2014/01/great-story-on-downtown-los-angeles-in.html">GQ MAGAZINE</a> and Endorsed By - <a href="http://lacowboy.blogspot.com/2013/06/los-angeles-magazine-declares-walking.html">LOS ANGELES MAGAZINE and AMERICAN COWBMAGAZINE,</a></b></span></i><br />
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 1.3em;">Among the many things you will learn this
weekend is that if a friend of Wyatt Earp's had not built the Alexandria
Hotel - it would have been impossible for George Gershwin to have
written his iconic Rhapsody in Blue.</b><br />
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 1.3em;">And all tours start at THE LAST BOOKSTORE in the Spring
Arts Tower at 5th and Spring - enter on the 5th street side - and they are still only $15 per person.</b></div>
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 1.3em;">And
besides our regular scheduled tours, we will be offering customized
tours on different days and different times and from one to three hours
including weekdays - depending on your schedule. With a minimum of four
reservations, we will design a tour of any part of Downtown focusing on
any subject matter you choose. These tours can be after work, during
lunch breaks - or??</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://brighamyen.com/2012/06/22/the-last-bookstore-la-expansion-marks-one-year-anniversary-downtown-la/#more-7890" style="color: #336699;" target="_blank">All tours begin at THE LAST BOOKSTORE</a> at
453 S. Spring Street in the Spring Arts Tower and will be led by long
time Downtown resident Brady Westwater who, besides being involved with
the Downtown LA Neighborhood Council, the Historic Downtown BID, Gallery
Row, Art Walk, and the BOXeight and the CONCEPT Fashion Weeks, has
brought over 150 businesses, artists and non-profit institutions to
Downtown. All tours are only $15 per person. </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>If
you are a participant in 'Historic Downtown Los Angeles 101' Tour, you
will see the first motion picture theater built, the place where Babe
Ruth signed his contract with the Yankees, the hotel where Charlie
Chaplin lived when he made his early films (and the place where he made
his Los Angeles vaudeville debut in 1910) - plus the homes and haunts of
everyone from actor Nicholas Cage, the Black Dahlia, Rudolph Valentino,
LA’s version of Jack the Ripper, President Teddy Roosevelt, the Night
Stalker, western outlaw Emmet Dalton, actor Ryan Gosling and more. And
you will also visit where O. J. Simpson bought his knife.</b></span></div>
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explore an intersection where all four buildings were often visited by
gunfighter/sheriff Wyatt Earp since they were all built or occupied by
friends of his from Tombstone during the shoot-out at the OK Corral. At
this intersection you will also discover what John Wayne, a prime
minister of Italy, Houdini, Winston Churchill, boxer Jack Dempsey, Greta
Garbo, President Woodrow Wilson and multiple Mexican boxing champions
all had in common here.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>You
will also see where the first new lofts were opened, the places where
Gallery Row and the Art Walk began and where Fashion Week returned to
Downtown. You will see many of the new boutiques, designer showrooms
and stores that have recently opened in the area along with getting a
sneak preview of what will soon be happening in the area.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em;"><b>Tickets
for either tour are only $15 per person - free for children under 8 -
and reservations can be made by calling Brady Westwater at 213-804-8396
or emailing bradywestwater@gmail.com. All credit card orders will be
processed at Last Bookstore and cash payments may be made at the start
of the tour. All proceeds will go towards the revitalization and the
study of the history of the neighborhood. </b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em;">Lastly,
future tours will feature specialized areas of interest such as
architecture, art of all kinds, shopping and food, single streets,
sports </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px;">(from steer wrestling to luchador wrestlers to a Sumo wrestler)</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em;">,
transportation, specific periods of history, the hidden Wild West
history of Los Angeles, movie locations, Downtown after hours and many
other aspects of the neighborhood. And custom designed can be developed
by request for groups of four or more.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em;"><b>We
will also be soon starting weekday and evening tours on what it's like
to live in Downtown Los Angeles. You will be introduced to the many of
stores, restaurants, bars, and entertainment venues (and often their
owners, too) - along with being given previews of one of a kind special
events - so you can get a feel for what it is like to live in Downtown
Los Angeles.</b></span></div>
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expect this tour to be popular with not only people considering moving
to Downtown and people who work in Downtown and who would like to know
what to do after hours in Downtown - but also to recent and even long
established Downtown residents who want to know more about their
neighborhood.</b></span><br />
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Brady Westwaterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00324741206315152948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182022.post-7931797972122503662016-04-25T09:32:00.001-07:002016-04-25T09:32:49.139-07:00DTLA Ritz-Carlton Penthouse Sells for $6,700,000 - Almost Double What it Sold for 3 Years Ago<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Even though the headline of the <a href="http://variety.com/2016/dirt/real-estalker/burt-sugarman-and-mary-hart-sell-downtown-penthouse-1201759889/">'gossip column</a>' says the Sugarman's 'dumped' the condo - it had closed in April 2013 for 3.5 million and it just sold for 6.7 million for its 4500 square feet. And with all the new condos about to start hitting the market - it will be interesting to see what the new few high end units will be asking - and getting.<br />
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<strong>YOUR MAMA’S NOTES:</strong> It was good ol’ real estate yenta
Yolanda Yakketyyak who first whispered in this property gossip’s eager
ear and property records do indeed confirm that Burt Sugarman and Mary
Hart sold a house-sized penthouse at the Ritz-Carlton Residences at LA
Live in downtown Los Angeles for $6.7 million. Even though the couple
took a staggering $2.1 million less than their last official $8.8
million price tag, they still made out pretty well on the glass-walled
downtown aerie that was acquired according to property records in April
2013 for $3.5 million. Listing details show the 4,250-square-foot
spread, with glittery, wrap-around city-lights views, has three en suite
bedrooms and 3.5 bathrooms plus a spacious combination living/dining
room, and expensively outfitted kitchen with eating area, and a separate
family room. The penthouse transfers with two parking spaces in the
valet-serviced on-site garage and other creature comforts available to
those who can afford to buy into the five-star high-rise include 24/7
concierge and doormen, hotel-style in-room dining and housekeeping
services, a state-of-the-art fitness facility and 8,000-square-foot
full-service spa, private screening room, and a rooftop swimming pool.</blockquote>
Brady Westwaterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00324741206315152948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182022.post-48968536408520494022016-04-19T16:26:00.005-07:002016-04-19T17:09:43.395-07:00Discover Historic Downtown Los Angeles this Sat. April 23rd & Sun. April 24th 10:30 - 12:30 starting at The Last Bookstore at 5th & Spring.<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">M</span>y Saturday and Sunday <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">M</span>orning tours of
Historic Downtown LA from 10:30 to 12:30 <u>every</u> Saturday and Sunday ($15 per person) <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">are starting at <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">THE LAST BOOKS<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">TORE this Saturday April <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">23rd</span> & Sunday April <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">2<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">4</span></span>th </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">at 5th & Sp<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ring i<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">n</span> the Spring Arts Tower. </span></span></span></span></span>And
each of these tours can be customized - within reason, of course - to
meet the interests of those who reserve ahead of time.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #336699; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 1.3em;"><b><a href="http://brighamyen.com/2012/06/22/the-last-bookstore-la-expansion-marks-one-year-anniversary-downtown-la/#more-7890" style="color: #336699;" target="_blank">The Last Bookstore </a></b></span><span style="color: #336699;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>presents </b></span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #336699; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 1.3em;"><b> 2 hour walking tours</b></span><b style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #336699; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 1.3em;"><b> of the </b></span><i style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20.4375px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>The Secret Lives of Historic Downtown Los Angeles - FEATURED In <a href="http://lacowboy.blogspot.com/2014/01/great-story-on-downtown-los-angeles-in.html">GQ MAGAZINE</a> and Endorsed By - <a href="http://lacowboy.blogspot.com/2013/06/los-angeles-magazine-declares-walking.html">LOS ANGELES MAGAZINE and AMERICAN COWBMAGAZINE,</a></b></span></i><br />
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 1.3em;">Among the many things you will learn this
weekend is that if a friend of Wyatt Earp's had not built the Alexandria
Hotel - it would have been impossible for George Gershwin to have
written his iconic Rhapsody in Blue.</b><br />
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 1.3em;">And all tours start at THE LAST BOOKSTORE in the Spring
Arts Tower at 5th and Spring - enter on the 5th street side - and they are still only $15 per person.</b></div>
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 1.3em;">And
besides our regular scheduled tours, we will be offering customized
tours on different days and different times and from one to three hours
including weekdays - depending on your schedule. With a minimum of four
reservations, we will design a tour of any part of Downtown focusing on
any subject matter you choose. These tours can be after work, during
lunch breaks - or??</b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>FOR MORE INFORMATION - contact Brady Westwater at 213-804-8396 - or bradywestwater@gmail.com</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://brighamyen.com/2012/06/22/the-last-bookstore-la-expansion-marks-one-year-anniversary-downtown-la/#more-7890" style="color: #336699;" target="_blank">All tours begin at THE LAST BOOKSTORE</a> at
453 S. Spring Street in the Spring Arts Tower and will be led by long
time Downtown resident Brady Westwater who, besides being involved with
the Downtown LA Neighborhood Council, the Historic Downtown BID, Gallery
Row, Art Walk, and the BOXeight and the CONCEPT Fashion Weeks, has
brought over 150 businesses, artists and non-profit institutions to
Downtown. All tours are only $15 per person. </b></span></div>
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you are a participant in 'Historic Downtown Los Angeles 101' Tour, you
will see the first motion picture theater built, the place where Babe
Ruth signed his contract with the Yankees, the hotel where Charlie
Chaplin lived when he made his early films (and the place where he made
his Los Angeles vaudeville debut in 1910) - plus the homes and haunts of
everyone from actor Nicholas Cage, the Black Dahlia, Rudolph Valentino,
LA’s version of Jack the Ripper, President Teddy Roosevelt, the Night
Stalker, western outlaw Emmet Dalton, actor Ryan Gosling and more. And
you will also visit where O. J. Simpson bought his knife.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>You’ll
explore an intersection where all four buildings were often visited by
gunfighter/sheriff Wyatt Earp since they were all built or occupied by
friends of his from Tombstone during the shoot-out at the OK Corral. At
this intersection you will also discover what John Wayne, a prime
minister of Italy, Houdini, Winston Churchill, boxer Jack Dempsey, Greta
Garbo, President Woodrow Wilson and multiple Mexican boxing champions
all had in common here.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>You
will also see where the first new lofts were opened, the places where
Gallery Row and the Art Walk began and where Fashion Week returned to
Downtown. You will see many of the new boutiques, designer showrooms
and stores that have recently opened in the area along with getting a
sneak preview of what will soon be happening in the area.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em;"><b>Tickets
for either tour are only $15 per person - free for children under 8 -
and reservations can be made by calling Brady Westwater at 213-804-8396
or emailing bradywestwater@gmail.com. All credit card orders will be
processed at Last Bookstore and cash payments may be made at the start
of the tour. All proceeds will go towards the revitalization and the
study of the history of the neighborhood. </b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em;">Lastly,
future tours will feature specialized areas of interest such as
architecture, art of all kinds, shopping and food, single streets,
sports </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px;">(from steer wrestling to luchador wrestlers to a Sumo wrestler)</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 1.3em;">,
transportation, specific periods of history, the hidden Wild West
history of Los Angeles, movie locations, Downtown after hours and many
other aspects of the neighborhood. And custom designed can be developed
by request for groups of four or more.</span></b></div>
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will also be soon starting weekday and evening tours on what it's like
to live in Downtown Los Angeles. You will be introduced to the many of
stores, restaurants, bars, and entertainment venues (and often their
owners, too) - along with being given previews of one of a kind special
events - so you can get a feel for what it is like to live in Downtown
Los Angeles.</b></span></div>
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expect this tour to be popular with not only people considering moving
to Downtown and people who work in Downtown and who would like to know
what to do after hours in Downtown - but also to recent and even long
established Downtown residents who want to know more about their
neighborhood.</b></span><br />
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Brady Westwaterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00324741206315152948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7182022.post-70255381990019060642016-04-16T14:53:00.001-07:002016-04-16T14:53:49.443-07:00Sport Chalet - Another (formerly) LA Based Retail Chain - Closes Their Doors<br />
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One of the last major retail chains once headquartered in Los Angeles -<a href="http://patch.com/california/hollywood/s/fpb4o/sports-chalet-closing-all-stores?utm_source=alert-breakingnews&utm_medium=email&utm_term=business&utm_campaign=alert"> Sport Chalet</a> - is
closing - now. I have long known the DTLA store was in trouble - as
are a number of other stores - and when I tried to see if there was any
assistance they might need, by calling corporate, I soon figured out
that the whole chain was likely to close.<br />
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So - despite the 'recovery' -
LA still has a lot of work to do to rebuild its economy and its
business sector but - so far - none of the things that need to be
done, are even being discussed - much less acted upon. Instead, both the city and the state - and the feds - pass laws, rules, guidelines and taxes - that make it harder and harder for businesses to survive.<br />
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