tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43861214345764581062024-03-14T01:09:50.493-07:00Historic Downtown Los AngelesBrady Westwaterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00324741206315152948noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4386121434576458106.post-61240423878922763392013-08-09T15:00:00.002-07:002013-08-09T15:00:57.856-07:00Explore the Secret Histories of Historic Downtown Los Angeles This Saturday August 10th from 10:30 AM to12:30 PM<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><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;">(and a 2nd floor with 100,000 books at ONE DOLLAR each!) </span></b><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; line-height: 1.3em;" target="_blank"> Presents</a> 10:30 Summer START TIME FOR 2 hour walking tours 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 - Just Endorsed By - <a href="http://lacowboy.blogspot.com/2013/06/los-angeles-magazine-declares-walking.html">LOS ANGELES MAGAZINE!</a></b></span></i><br />
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 1.3em;">I am continuing the HISTORIC DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES 101 2 hour walking tour this August 10th at 10:30 AM (with the temperature predicted to be in the mid-70's - and the following Saturdays, August 17th, August 24th &amp; August 31th also with the NEW start time of 10:30 AM and an ending time of 12:30 PM; one-half earlier in both cases. </b><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 1.3em;"> And there will also be tours on other upcoming weekends. And all tours start at THE LAST BOOKSTORE in the Spring Arts Tower at 5th and Spring 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>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 />
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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-4386121434576458106.post-82636517209294147462013-07-23T15:30:00.002-07:002013-07-23T15:30:52.827-07:00Mid 70's Predicted for this Saturday's 2 Hour Walking Tour of Historic Downtown Los Angeles on Saturday July 27th, August 3rd and August 10th<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><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;">(and a 2nd floor with 100,000 books at ONE DOLLAR each!) </span></b><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; line-height: 1.3em;" target="_blank"> Presents</a> 10:30 Summer START TIME FOR 2 hour walking tours 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 - Just Endorsed By - <a href="http://lacowboy.blogspot.com/2013/06/los-angeles-magazine-declares-walking.html">LOS ANGELES MAGAZINE!</a></b></span></i><br />
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 1.3em;">I am continuing the HISTORIC DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES 101 2 hour walking tour this Saturday July 27th at 10:30 AM (with the temperature predicted to be in the mid-70's - and the following Saturdays, August 3rd and August 10th also with the NEW start time of 10:30 AM and an ending time of 12:30 PM; one-half earlier in both cases. </b><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 1.3em;"> And there will also be tours on other upcoming weekends. And all tours start at THE LAST BOOKSTORE in the Spring Arts Tower at 5th and Spring 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>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 />
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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-4386121434576458106.post-24748086106059293522013-07-19T11:58:00.001-07:002013-07-19T11:58:35.372-07:00Mid 70's Predicted for this Saturday's 2 Hour Walking Tour of Historic Downtown Los Angeles on Saturday July 20th, July 27th and August 3rd<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><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;">(and a 2nd floor with 100,000 books at ONE DOLLAR each!) </span></b><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; line-height: 1.3em;" target="_blank"> Presents</a> 10:30 Summer START TIME FOR 2 hour walking tours 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 - Just Endorsed By - <a href="http://lacowboy.blogspot.com/2013/06/los-angeles-magazine-declares-walking.html">LOS ANGELES MAGAZINE!</a></b></span></i><br />
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 1.3em;">I am continuing the HISTORIC DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES 101 2 hour walking tour this Saturday July 20th at 10:30 AM (with the temperature predicted to be in the mid-70's - and the following Saturdays, July 27th and August 3rd also with the NEW start time of 10:30 AM and an ending time of 12:30 PM; one-half earlier in both cases. </b><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 1.3em;"> And there will also be tours on other upcoming weekends. And all tours start at THE LAST BOOKSTORE in the Spring Arts Tower at 5th and Spring 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>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="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-4386121434576458106.post-49358244467991772322013-05-29T18:50:00.003-07:002013-05-29T18:50:55.297-07:0010:30 AM to 12:30 Summer Hours Begin This SATURDAY JUNE 1st for 2 Hour Walking Tours of Historic Downtown Los Angeles Starting at THE LAST BOOKSTORE!<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><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;">(and it's 2nd floor with 100,000 books at only ONE DOLLAR each!) </span></b><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; line-height: 1.3em;" target="_blank"> Presents</a> new 10:30 Summer START TIME FOR 2 hour walking tours of the....</b></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 1.3em;">I am continuing the HISTORIC DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES 101 2 hour walking tour this Saturday June 1st and the following Saturday, June 8th with a NEW start time of 10:30 AM and an ending time of 12:30 PM; one-half earlier in both cases. </b><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 1.3em;"> And there will also be tours on other upcoming weekends. And all tours start at THE LAST BOOKSTORE in the Spring Arts Tower at 5th and Spring 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>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="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-4386121434576458106.post-92128506030967757182013-05-22T11:10:00.000-07:002013-05-22T11:10:19.109-07:00Two Hour Walking Tour of Historic Downtown Los Angeles This and Next Saturday May 25th & June 1st Starting at THE LAST BOOKSTORE at 11 AM<br />
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 1.3em;">I am continuing the HISTORIC DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES 101 2 hour walking tour this Saturday May 25th and the following Saturday, June 1st.</b><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 1.3em;"> And there will also be tours on other upcoming weekends. And all tours start at THE LAST BOOKSTORE in the Spring Arts Tower at 5th and Spring 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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<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 $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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Brady Westwaterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00324741206315152948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4386121434576458106.post-37278698180237912762013-05-10T09:40:00.001-07:002013-05-10T09:40:20.876-07:00Discover the Secrets of Historic Downtown Los Angeles This Saturday's 2 Hour Walking Tour - May 11th Starting at The Last Bookstore <br />
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 1.3em;">I am continuing the HISTORIC DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES 101 2 hour walking tour this Saturday May 11th and the following Saturday, May 18th.</b><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 1.3em;"> And there will also be tours on other upcoming weekends. And all tours start at THE LAST BOOKSTORE in the Spring Arts Tower at 5th and Spring and they are still only $15 per person.</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 $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="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-4386121434576458106.post-22147739493543689512013-05-06T14:26:00.001-07:002013-05-06T14:26:33.094-07:00Next Walking Tours of Historic Downtown Los Angeles Saturday May 11th & May 18th. Starts at 11 AM at THE LAST BOOKSTORE AT 5th & Spring<br />
<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><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;">(and it's 2nd floor with 100,000 books at only ONE DOLLAR each!) </span></b><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; line-height: 1.3em;" target="_blank"> Presents</a></b></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 1.3em;">I am continuing the HISTORIC DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES 101 2 hour walking tour this Saturday May 11th and the following Saturday, May 18th.</b><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 1.3em;"> And there will also be tours on other upcoming weekends. And all tours start at THE LAST BOOKSTORE in the Spring Arts Tower at 5th and Spring and they are still only $15 per person.</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 $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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Brady Westwaterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00324741206315152948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4386121434576458106.post-42283064741714416182013-04-22T13:34:00.002-07:002013-04-22T13:36:48.383-07:00Explore the Hidden Secrets of Historic Downtown Los Angeles This Saturday April 27th on a Two Hour Walking Tour Starting 11 AM at THE LAST BOOKSTORE at 5th & Spring<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><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;">(and it's 2nd floor with 100,000 books at only ONE DOLLAR each!) </span></b><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; line-height: 1.3em;" target="_blank"> Presents</a></b></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 1.3em;">I am continuing the HISTORIC DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES 101 2 hour walking tours this Saturday April 27th and the following two Saturdays, May 4th and 11th..</b><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 1.3em;"> And there will also be tours on other upcoming weekends. And all tours start at THE LAST BOOKSTORE in the Spring Arts Tower at 5th and Spring 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>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="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-4386121434576458106.post-92080898311730704682013-04-08T12:05:00.000-07:002013-04-08T12:05:03.097-07:00Three Walking Tours of Historic Downtown Los Angeles This Month<br />
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 1.3em;">I am continuing the HISTORIC DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES 101 2 hour walking tours this Saturday and the next two Saturdays April 13th, April 20th and April 27th.</b><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 1.3em;"> And there will also be tours on other upcoming weekends. And all tours start at THE LAST BOOKSTORE in the Spring Arts Tower at 5th and Spring 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>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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<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-4386121434576458106.post-70468039551506043892013-04-03T07:58:00.000-07:002013-04-03T07:58:04.921-07:00Historic Downtown Los Angeles Tour Will Start at 11 AM This Saturday April 6th and next Saturday April 13th. And "How Downtown Los Angeles Invented the Wild West - And Why No One Knows About It" - IF THERE ARE ANY RESERVATIONS BY THIS FRIDAY NIGHT - will Take Place Sunday April 7th at 11 AM. <br />
<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><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;">(and it's 2nd floor with 100,000 books at only ONE DOLLAR each!) </span></b><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; line-height: 1.3em;" target="_blank"> Presents</a></b></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 1.3em;">I am continuing the HISTORIC DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES 101 2 hour walking tours this Saturday and next Saturday April 6th and April 13th and then this Sunday April 7th at 11 AM - The "How Downtown Los Angeles Invented the Wild West - And Why No One Knows About It" will happen</b><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 1.3em;"> if there are any reservations by this Friday night</b><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 1.3em;">. Again, this tour will only be if there are any reservations by Friday night. And there will also be tours on other upcoming weekends. And all tours start at THE LAST BOOKSTORE in the Spring Arts Tower at 5th and Spring and they are still only $15 per person.</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; 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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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b> I am continuing the HISTORIC DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES 101 2 hour walking tours this Saturday and Sunday March 16th and 17th at 11 AM - plus there will also be tours on other upcoming weekends. And all tours start at THE LAST BOOKSTORE in the Spring Arts Tower at 5th and Spring and they are still only $15 per person.</b></span></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>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="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>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><b> I am continuing the HISTORIC DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES 101 2 hour walking tours this Saturday and Su<span style="font-size: medium;">nday March 9th and 10th</span> at 11 AM (both days to have sunny skies and mid-60's temps) - <span style="font-size: medium;">p</span>lus there will also be tours next Saturday and Sunday, <span style="font-size: medium;">March 16th</span> and<span style="font-size: medium;"> 17</span>th<span style="font-size: medium;">,</span> also <span style="font-size: medium;">from</span> 11 AM to 1 PM and on the two weekends after that, too. A<span style="font-size: medium;">n</span>d all tours start at THE LAST BOOKSTORE in the Spring Arts Tower at 5th and Spring and they are still only $15 per person.</b></span></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: medium;"><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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<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;"><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-4386121434576458106.post-5364090490167081562013-02-26T15:06:00.001-08:002013-02-26T15:06:15.964-08:0075 degrees for This Weekend's Walking Tours of Historic Downtown Los Angeles! 11 AM to 1 PM Saturday & Sunday March 2nd & 3rd - Starting at THE LAST BOOKSTORE<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #336699; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-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><b style="color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">(and it's just opened 2nd floor with 100,000 books at only ONE DOLLAR each!) </span></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #336699; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-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; line-height: 1.3em;" target="_blank"> Presents</a></b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><b> I
am continuing the HISTORIC DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES 101 2 hour walking
tours this Saturday and Su<span style="font-size: medium;">nday March 2nd and 3rd</span> at 11 AM - <span style="font-size: medium;">p</span>lus there will also
be tours next Saturday and Sunday, <span style="font-size: medium;">March 9th</span> and<span style="font-size: medium;"> 10</span>th<span style="font-size: medium;">,</span> also <span style="font-size: medium;">from</span> 11 AM to 1 PM and
on the two weekends after that, too. A<span style="font-size: medium;">n</span>d all tours start at THE LAST BOOKSTORE in the Spring Arts Tower at 5th and Spring and they are still only $15 per person.</b></span></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: medium;"><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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<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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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><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.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4386121434576458106.post-57712796923545129052013-02-08T11:11:00.000-08:002013-02-08T11:11:35.242-08:00Sunny Skies Predicted for This Weekends TWO Walking Tours of Historic Downtown Los Angeles! Sat. and Sun Feb. 9th & 10th from 11 AM to 1 PM Starting at THE LAST BOOKSTORE!<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #336699; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-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><b style="color: #333333; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.3em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">(and it's just opened 2nd floor with 100,000 books at only ONE DOLLAR each!) </span></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #336699; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-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; line-height: 1.3em;" target="_blank"> Presents</a></b></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 schedule 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 $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 class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><b>Since weekend temperatrues are going to be in the 75 to 77 degree range (UPDATE - now 79 to 80 - degrees being forecast!) - I am resuming the HISTORIC DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES 101 2 hour walking tours this Saturday January 19th at 11 AM and this Sunday January 20th at 11 AM - and then also next Saturday and Sunday - January 26th and 27th also at 11 AM. And there will be a special treat this weekend!</b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>For the first time in 140 years - if you are at THE LAST BOOKSTORE between 10 AM and 11 AM on Saturday - or 9 AM and 11 AM on Sunday - you will be able to see a complete run of 165 issues of one of the first daily newspapers in Los Angeles!</b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><b>And besides our regular schedule 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></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><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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<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 $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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After a two month hiatus - due to my volunteering to organize and shelve the... 100,000 one dollar books...... on the second floor LABYRINTH of <a href="http://lastbookstorela.com/about/" target="_blank">The Last Bookstore</a>....<br />
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12 hours a day 7 days a week - I am now taking 2 hours off from work Saturday and Sunday mornings to resume my original walking tour of Historic Downtown Los Angeles or as it is better known...<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></i>Each 2 hour tour will start at 11 AM from The Last Bookstore at the <a href="http://springartstower.com/introduction/" target="_blank">Spring Arts Tower</a> - 453 S. Spring Street at 5th and Spring - Saturday and Sunday starting this November 24th and 25th and next weekend on October 1st and 2nd and the cost is still only $15 per person.<br />
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There will also free tours of the LABYRINTH for anyone 30 minutes before and after each walking tour and then on Sundays - you will also be able to attend the <a href="http://www.historicfarmersmarket.com/" target="_blank">Historic Downtown LA's Farmer's Market</a> where you can have breakfast, brunch or lunch.<br />
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You will learn how Los Angeles changed baseball history forever at 5th and Main and find out what Wyatt Earp was doing in Downtown La in the 1860's - and the 1920'S - and all the decades in between. You will also see the places where Charlie Chaplin lived when he made his early films (and the place where he made his Los Angeles theatrical debut in 1910) - and where he shot his first film. And if you have particular interests - let us know and we'll add some new features onto the tour.<br />
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Also on the tour will be where the first new lofts were opened, where Gallery Row and the Art Walk were started along with 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.<br />
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So for reservations - either email Brady Westwater at bradywestwater@gmail.com - or call me at 213-804-8396.</div>
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Brady Westwaterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00324741206315152948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4386121434576458106.post-64405193672506706462012-08-08T11:48:00.001-07:002012-08-08T11:48:33.833-07:00100,000 One Dollar Books - AND Walking Tours of Historic Downtown Los Angeles Resume This Week End<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And because of that, I have been spending 7 days a week ten hours a day for the last month volunteering at THE LAST BOOKSTORE and organizing its second floor of 100,000 one dollar - yes, only $1 each! - books. This is in addition to the carefully curated 50,000 plus books - many in the $4 - $8 range - located on the first floor.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">However, I will now start taking off a few hours each weekend to resume both the 'Secrets of Historic Downtown Los Angeles' 2 Hour Tour and the 'How Downtown Los Angeles Invented The Wild West - And Why No One Knows It' 2 Hour Tour.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So this Saturday, August 11th, I will be doing the Historic Downtown LA Tour at 11 AM and - if there are reservations by this Friday Night - I will also do a 2 PM Tour. Then on Sunday, August 12th, I will do the Wild West Tour at 11 AM - but only if there are reservations.by Saturday at noon - and then - if there are reservations - I will do the Historic Downtown LA Tour at 2 PM.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">I will also be giving FREE tours of THE LAST BOOKSTORE - by request (or just call and let me know you be there at 10 AM this Saturday and Sunday by 9:30 AM on either day) to show how you can use all the amazing resources of this unique cultural resource. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Then next weekend, August 18th &amp; 19th. I will be resuming my regular two tours a day weekend schedule - with one change. Depending on who makes the first reservations, tours can start as early as 10 AM so that the first tours will done by Noon, before the heat of the day. </span><br />
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If you are a participant in Saturday's 'Historic Downtown Los Angeles 101' Tour, you will see what is left of 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.</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.</div>
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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.<br />
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And if you take the "<b>How Los Angeles Invented The Wild West (and why no one knows it"tour</b>, you will discover that long before the famed Western cowtowns and mining camps Tombstone, Dodge City, and Deadwood existed, Los Angeles was the first town where everything that happened in the Wild West, happened here first and that everyone from Wyatt Earp to Judge Roy Bean came to Los Angeles first before going east to help start the Wild West. You will also discover LA was a far ‘wilder’ town than any Western town that followed after it.<br />
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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. </div>
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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.</div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">... The Secret Lives of Historic Downtown Los Angeles!</span></i><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The <b>HISTORIC DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES 101</b> 2 hour walking tours will take place this Saturday July 21st at both 11 AM and 2 PM and this Sunday July 22nd only at 2 PM - and then also next Sunday July 29th only at 2 PM. That is two tours each of the next two Saturdays and one tour each of the two next Sundays.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b>NEXT</b>... the <b>HOW DOWNTOWN LOS ANGLES INVENTED THE WILD WEST (and why no one knows it)</b> walking tour will take place this Sunday July July 22 at 11 AM and next Sunday July 29th at 11 AM - and each tour will be followed by the Historic Downtown LA Sunday July 22nd and 29th 2 PM tours.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">And besides our regular schedule 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><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">FOR MORE INFORMATION - contact Brady Westwater at 213-804-8396 - or bradywestwater@gmail.com</span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.3em; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;">
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<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. </div>
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<br />If you are a participant in Saturday's '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.</div>
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<br />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.</div>
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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.<br /><br />And if you take the "<b>How Los Angeles Invented The Wild West (and why no one knows it"tour</b>, you will discover that long before the famed Western cowtowns and mining camps Tombstone, Dodge City, and Deadwood existed, Los Angeles was the first town where everything that happened in the Wild West, happened here first and that everyone from Wyatt Earp to Judge Roy Bean came to Los Angeles first before going east to help start the Wild West. You will also discover LA was a far ‘wilder’ town than any Western town that followed after it.<br /><br />And besides ‘inventing’ the original Wild West, Los Angeles also remained part of the Wild West for far longer than other place (from 25 years to over 90 years - compared to the average period of 3 or 4 years to 10 years of most cowtowns) and LA was also one of the few towns built upon both cattle and mining.</div>
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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. </div>
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Lastly, future tours will feature specialized areas of interest such as architecture, art of all kinds, shopping and food, single streets, sports <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px;">(from steer wrestling to luchador wrestlers to a Sumo wrestler)</span>, 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.<br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 1.3em; margin: 0px 0px 0.75em;">
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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.</div>
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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.</div>
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</div>Brady Westwaterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00324741206315152948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4386121434576458106.post-44330149320483086262012-07-07T13:40:00.000-07:002012-07-07T13:40:01.189-07:00Lease on Downtown LA's Million Dollar Theatre Ended<br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">After a long battle to bring the Million Dollar Theatre back to life as a financial viable venue, Downtown LA Entertainment Pioneer Robert Voskanian and his partner have terminated their lease for the Million Dollar Theater with the Yellen </span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Company..</span><br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">No formal announcement has been made yet that I am aware of, but i just want to make certain Robert and his partner knows know grateful everyone Downtown - and in the larger larger theater world - is for their efforts and that we hope he can continue in some way to remain part of our community.</span><br />
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<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">The history of this theater is included in the <a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7182022#editor/target=post;postID=4818354582801725463" target="_blank">Walking Tours of Historic Downtown Los Angeles</a> each Saturday & Sunday.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><a href="http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/15" target="_blank">History of the theater</a></span></div>
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<a href="http://franklinavenue.blogspot.com/2008/04/million-dollar-million-dollar-theatre.html" target="_blank">When the lease was signed</a><br />
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<a href="http://articles.latimes.com/2002/sep/11/local/me-yellin11" target="_blank">LA Times Obituary of Ira Yellin</a><br />
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</div>Brady Westwaterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00324741206315152948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4386121434576458106.post-53479837767656932622012-06-22T14:19:00.001-07:002012-06-22T14:19:20.643-07:00Celebrate Downtown LA's THE LAST BOOKSTORE One Year Anniversary in Their New Space!<br />
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/331968760212103/" target="_blank">To celebrate one year in the SPRING ARTS TOWER</a> at 5th and Spring, THE LAST BOOKSTORE will open their second floor ... filled... with one dollar books and hold <span style="background-color: white;"> a </span><b style="background-color: white;">Saturday</b><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><b style="background-color: white;">June 22</b><span style="background-color: white;"> sale with all the other used books, vinyl records, cds and dvds being 10% off.</span><br />
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<a href="http://lacowboy.blogspot.com/2012/06/four-walking-tours-of-historic-downtown_21.html" target="_blank">And there will be 2 hour walking tours </a>of Historic Downtown Los Angeles at 11 AM and 2 PM both days - for only $15 a person. The Saturday tours and the Sunday 2 PM tour will <a href="http://lacowboy.blogspot.com/2012/06/four-walking-tours-of-historic-downtown_21.html" target="_blank">explore the secret histories of Downtown</a> - and how those histories have affected the present - and will continue to impact the future</div>
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And the Sunday 11 AM tour is: <a href="http://lacowboy.blogspot.com/2012/06/four-walking-tours-of-historic-downtown_21.html" target="_blank">How Downtown Los Angles Invented the Wild West - And Why No One Knows That. </a>For reservations for any of the tours call Brady Westwater at 213-804-8396.<br />
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</div>Brady Westwaterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00324741206315152948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4386121434576458106.post-39019480007955593272012-06-22T14:15:00.001-07:002012-06-22T14:15:31.280-07:00Four Walking Tours of Historic Downtown Los Angeles This Weekend - And Next!<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />The Last Bookstore Presents….</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The <b>HISTORIC DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES 101</b> 2 hour walking tour will take place this Saturday June 23rd and next Saturday June 30th at 11 AM and 2 PM AND this Sunday June 24th and next Sunday July 1st at 2 PM. That is two tours each Saturday and one tour each Sunday</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>NEXT</b>... the <b>HOW DOWNTOWN LOS ANGLES INVENTED THE WILD WEST (and why no one knows it)</b> walking tour will take place this Sunday June 24th at 11 AM and next Sunday July 1st at 11 AM - followed by the Historic Downtown LA 2 PM tours.</span><br />
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All tours begin at THE LAST BOOKSTORE 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. </div>
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If you are a participant in Saturday's '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.</div>
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Lastly, future tours will feature specialized areas of interest such as architecture, art of all kinds, shopping and food, single streets, sports <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px;">(from steer wrestling to luchador wrestlers to a Sumo wrestler)</span>, 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.<br />
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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.</div>
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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.</div>
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</div>Brady Westwaterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00324741206315152948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4386121434576458106.post-43156976878325851062012-06-21T16:04:00.001-07:002012-06-21T16:04:10.762-07:00Four Walking Tours of Historic Downtown Los Angeles This Weekend - And Next!<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The <b>HISTORIC DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES 101</b> 2 hour walking tour will take place this Saturday June 23rd and next Saturday June 30th at 11 AM and 2 PM AND this Sunday June 24th and next Sunday July 1st at 2 PM. That is two tours each Saturday and one tour each Sunday</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>NEXT</b>... the <b>HOW DOWNTOWN LOS ANGLES INVENTED THE WILD WEST (and why no one knows it)</b> walking tour will take place this Sunday June 24th at 11 AM and next Sunday July 1st at 11 AM - followed by the Historic Downtown LA 2 PM tours.</span><br />
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All tours begin at THE LAST BOOKSTORE 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. </div>
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If you are a participant in Saturday's '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.</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.</div>
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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.<br />
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And if you take the "<b>How Los Angeles Invented The Wild West (and why no one knows it"tour</b>, you will discover that long before the famed Western cowtowns and mining camps Tombstone, Dodge City, and Deadwood existed, Los Angeles was the first town where everything that happened in the Wild West, happened here first and that everyone from Wyatt Earp to Judge Roy Bean came to Los Angeles first before going east to help start the Wild West. You will also discover LA was a far ‘wilder’ town than any Western town that followed after it.<br />
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And besides ‘inventing’ the original Wild West, Los Angeles also remained part of the Wild West for far longer than other place (from 25 years to over 90 years - compared to the average period of 3 or 4 years to 10 years of most cowtowns) and LA was also one of the few towns built upon both cattle and mining.</div>
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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. </div>
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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.</div>
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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.</div>
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</div>Brady Westwaterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00324741206315152948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4386121434576458106.post-3477750296089184922012-06-13T15:12:00.001-07:002012-06-13T15:12:51.168-07:00Four Walking Tours of Historic Downtown Los Angeles This Weekend - And Next!<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />The Last Bookstore Presents….</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The <b>HISTORIC DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES 101</b> 2 hour walking tour will take place this Saturday June 16th and next Saturday June 23rd at 11 AM and 2 PM AND this Sunday June 17th and next Sunday June 24th at 2 PM. That is two tours each Saturday and one tour each Sunday</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Then the <b>HOW DOWNTOWN LOS ANGLES INVENTED THE WILD WEST (and why no one knows it)</b> walking tour will take place this Sunday June 17th at 11 AM and next Sunday June 24th at 11 AM. </span><br />
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All tours begin at THE LAST BOOKSTORE 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.</div>
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If you are a participant in Saturday's '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.</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.</div>
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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.<br />
<br />
And if you take the "<b>How Los Angeles Invented The Wild West (and why no one knows it"tour</b>, you will discover that long before the famed Western cowtowns and mining camps Tombstone, Dodge City, and Deadwood existed, Los Angeles was the first town where everything that happened in the Wild West, happened here first and that everyone from Wyatt Earp to Judge Roy Bean came to Los Angeles first before going east to help start the Wild West. You will also discover LA was a far ‘wilder’ town than any Western town that followed after it.<br />
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And besides ‘inventing’ the original Wild West, Los Angeles also remained part of the Wild West for far longer than other place (from 25 years to over 90 years - compared to the average period of 3 or 4 years to 10 years of most cowtowns) and LA was also one of the few towns built upon both cattle and mining.</div>
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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. </div>
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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.</div>
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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.</div>
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</div>Brady Westwaterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00324741206315152948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4386121434576458106.post-72298974349817565072012-06-08T15:44:00.001-07:002012-06-08T15:44:14.579-07:00This Weekend's FOUR Walking Tours of Historic Downtown Los Angeles!<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />The Last Bookstore Presents….</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The <b>HISTORIC DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES 101</b> 2 hour walking tour will take place this Saturday June 9th and next Saturday June 16th at 11 AM and 2 PM - also this Sunday June 10th at 2 PM and the <b>HOW DOWNTOWN LOS ANGLES INVENTED THE WILD WEST (and why no one knows it)</b> walking tour (see details of this tour BELOW) will take place this Sunday June 10th at 11 AM. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">BUT the usual 2 PM tour this Sunday June 10th - for one day only - will be THE HISTORIC DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES TOUR 2 PM. Then next Sunday the WILD WEST TOUR will again be at both 11AM and 2 PM on Sunday June 17th</span><br />
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All tours begin at THE LAST BOOKSTORE 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.</div>
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If you are a participant in Saturday's '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.</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.</div>
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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.<br />
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And if you take the "<b>How Los Angeles Invented The Wild West (and why no one knows it"tour</b>, you will discover that long before the famed Western cowtowns and mining camps Tombstone, Dodge City, and Deadwood existed, Los Angeles was the first town where everything that happened in the Wild West, happened here first and that everyone from Wyatt Earp to Judge Roy Bean came to Los Angeles first before going east to help start the Wild West. You will also discover LA was a far ‘wilder’ town than any Western town that followed after it.<br />
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And besides ‘inventing’ the original Wild West, Los Angeles also remained part of the Wild West for far longer than other place (from 25 years to over 90 years - compared to the average period of 3 or 4 years to 10 years of most cowtowns) and LA was also one of the few towns built upon both cattle and mining.</div>
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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. </div>
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Lastly, future tours will feature specialized areas of interest such as architecture, art of all kinds, shopping and food, single streets, sports <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px;">(from steer wrestling to luchador wrestlers to a Sumo wrestler)</span>, 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.<br />
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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.</div>
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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.</div>
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For future updates and more information go to www.historicdowntownlosangeles.blogspot.com</div>
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</div>Brady Westwaterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00324741206315152948noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4386121434576458106.post-80957154095747346492012-06-06T13:00:00.000-07:002012-06-06T13:00:49.274-07:00This Weekend's Walking Tours of Historic Downtown Los Angeles This Saturday June 9th & Sunday June 10th!<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />The Last Bookstore Presents….</span><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The Secret Lives of Historic Downtown Los Angeles</span></i><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The <b>HISTORIC DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES 101</b> 2 hour walking tour will take place this Saturday June 9th and next Saturday June 16th at 11 AM and 2 PM and the <b>HOW DOWNTOWN LOS ANGLES INVENTED THE WILD WEST (and why no one knows it)</b> walking tour (see details of this tour BELOW) will take place this Sunday June 10th and next Sunday June 17th at 11 AM and 2 PM.</span><br />
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All tours begin at THE LAST BOOKSTORE 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.</div>
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If you are a participant in Saturday's '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.</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.</div>
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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.<br />
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And if you take the "<b>How Los Angeles Invented The Wild West (and why no one knows it"tour</b>, you will discover that long before the famed Western cowtowns and mining camps Tombstone, Dodge City, and Deadwood existed, Los Angeles was the first town where everything that happened in the Wild West, happened here first and that everyone from Wyatt Earp to Judge Roy Bean came to Los Angeles first before going east to help start the Wild West. You will also discover LA was a far ‘wilder’ town than any Western town that followed after it.<br />
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And besides ‘inventing’ the original Wild West, Los Angeles also remained part of the Wild West for far longer than other place (from 25 years to over 90 years - compared to the average period of 3 or 4 years to 10 years of most cowtowns) and LA was also one of the few towns built upon both cattle and mining.</div>
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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. </div>
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Lastly, future tours will feature specialized areas of interest such as architecture, art of all kinds, shopping and food, single streets, sports <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 17px;">(from steer wrestling to luchador wrestlers to a Sumo wrestler)</span>, 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.<br />
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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.</div>
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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.</div>
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</div>Brady Westwaterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00324741206315152948noreply@blogger.com0