Brady Westwater
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At age 17, Brady Westwater began his cowboy life of taming wild horses, wrestling five continents of street fighters, retrieving stolen airplanes from South America and guarding Columbian emeralds from bandits – all of which prepared him for his present job of curating Downtown Los Angeles.

After working in the Holy Trinity of LA - film, TV & real estate, Westwater moved Downtown and helped start the Downtown LA Neighborhood Council, Gallery Row, Downtown Fashion Week, the Art & Fashion Walks while working on civic planning projects from the Police Headquarters to the Park 101 Freeway Cap and recruiting 50 businesses and non-profits to Downtown.

Today's goals are reopening Broadway theaters, a Los Angeles Museum and finishing a novel, his memoirs and the book '101 Ways to Save Los Angeles.' He blogs at www.lacowboy.blogspot.com & www.downtownfashionwalk.blogspot.com.

Blog Entries by Brady Westwater

Occupy L.A. Meets Small Town Downtown Los Angeles on May Day

(6) Comments | Posted May 3, 2012 | 12:41 PM

After an early morning with no emergency vehicle sirens or overhead helicopters, I realized I didn't know when or where the planned Occupy L.A. May Day demonstrations were taking place. So I walked up Spring past Broadway -- where the sidewalks were packed and the store were all open until...

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All the Questions No One Ever Asked About the Broad Museum

Comments | Posted August 23, 2010 | 5:22 PM

For close to half a year, the public was bombarded by inaccurate stories about the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation's offer to donate a $1.3 billion museum and art collection to the citizens of Los Angeles. The biggest of these fabrications was they had gotten a special insider deal -...

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Jeffrey Deitch's Secret LA Life Before MOCA

(3) Comments | Posted June 3, 2010 | 12:02 PM

Even before I first met Jeffrey Deitch, I knew first hand the DNA of Los Angeles was etched deep into his brain. But that didn't keep me from being surprised by his first MOCA press conference. In only a few sentences, he explained LA's financial and cultural condition more succinctly...

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Will Eli Broad Join Jeffrey Deitch and MOCA on Grand Avenue?

(5) Comments | Posted January 26, 2010 | 4:48 PM

After a cross-town game of musical chairs, the 2,000 piece - and still growing - Broad Art Foundation collection may finally have the one site that makes the most sense for its new home.

The Grand Avenue Authority on Monday began negotiations with the Broad Art Foundation...

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Art Dealer to Run Art Museum; MOCA to be Latest Deitch Project

(6) Comments | Posted January 11, 2010 | 4:59 PM

When LA Times writer Mike Boehm revealed New York mega-art dealer Jeffery Deitch is to be the next head of the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art - my reaction was the same as everyone's in the art world.

Painfully bruised toes after my jaw dropped on them.

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Why Can't Los Angeles Over-Commercialize Christmas Better?

(1) Comments | Posted December 24, 2009 | 2:13 PM

In a seeming attempt to surpass LA Times columnist Joel Stein in hate mail and death threats, fellow LA Times columnist Gregory Rodriguez recently wrote that his biggest problem with Christmas isn't that it's overly-commercialized - but that he has to listen to annoying people whine about how...

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How to Save the Los Angeles Times, End Rush Hour Traffic, Solve the Housing Crisis (And Not Have to Pay For It)

(3) Comments | Posted December 8, 2009 | 2:10 PM

Two of the most important decisions any of us ever make is where we decide to live and what job we choose to accept. Rush hour traffic, however, proves how wrong we all can be.

But it is hard to make informed choices when there are so many housing options...

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