Watts Towers
Los Angeles, CA - 22 AUG 2015
View of the Watts Towers looking west on East 107th Street.
The Watts Towers are located at 1765 East 107th Street in Los Angeles on a triangular lot that is one-tenth ofan acre, making it the smallest site in the State of California Park system.
Construction of the Watts Towers began in 1921 and continued until 1955.
The Watts Towers consist of seventeen major sculptural forms and is the largest folk art structure in the world constructed by one individual.
The tallest of the three main Towers is 99-1/2 feet tall and contains the longest slender reinforced concrete column in the world.
Sabato "Simon" Rodia, the artist who created the Watts Towers, was born Feb 12, 1879, in Ribottoli, Italy. In 1955, Rodia deed his property to a neighbor and moved to Martinez, CA, to be near his sister, where he died in 1965.
Rodia used discarded bottles, broken dishes, mosaic tiles, pottery, glass, mirrors, rocks, seashells, cooking utensils, wrought iron, scrap steel, linoleum, and other ordinary items in the creation of the Watts Towers.
Watts Towers
Los Angeles, CA - 22 AUG 2015
View of the Watts Towers looking west on East 107th Street.
The Watts Towers are located at 1765 East 107th Street in Los Angeles on a triangular lot that is one-tenth ofan acre, making it the smallest site in the State of California Park system.
Construction of the Watts Towers began in 1921 and continued until 1955.
The Watts Towers consist of seventeen major sculptural forms and is the largest folk art structure in the world constructed by one individual.
The tallest of the three main Towers is 99-1/2 feet tall and contains the longest slender reinforced concrete column in the world.
Sabato "Simon" Rodia, the artist who created the Watts Towers, was born Feb 12, 1879, in Ribottoli, Italy. In 1955, Rodia deed his property to a neighbor and moved to Martinez, CA, to be near his sister, where he died in 1965.
Rodia used discarded bottles, broken dishes, mosaic tiles, pottery, glass, mirrors, rocks, seashells, cooking utensils, wrought iron, scrap steel, linoleum, and other ordinary items in the creation of the Watts Towers.