Watts Towers: The Steel Towers in Watts District

The Watts Towers which is also known as the‘our town’. Children in the neighbourhood
Towers of Simon Rodia are positioned ideally in Loshelped Rodia, by bringing him broken pieces of glass
Angeles California within the lively Watts district. Itand pottery. Rodia also sourced a lot of the required
comprises of 17 structures built out of steel. Twomaterial from the damaged pot quantity at Malibu
towers of this exceptional work of art even reach aPottery where he used to be employed for many
height of more than 99 feet.years. The green glasses that can be witnessed even
This prominently tall group of towers are deckedtoday are the broken pieces of soft drink bottles
with unusual material such as scrap metal, ceramicand some still bear their original brand names. The
tiles, sea shells, glass and even bed frames. It is builtblue glasses that have been used to deck the Watts
on a residential area of Watts and has become anTowers are from bottles of milk of magnesia.
important landmark in Los Angeles. Steel pipes haveThe towers faced some minor damages in 1994 as a
been used to create this unusual piece of folk art.result of the Northridge Earthquake. Following the
The Watts Towers is the brainchild of Sabato Rodia,reconstruction phase the site was reopened for
an Italian immigrant construction worker who built itpublic viewing in 2001. It was once again damaged in
during 33 years of his leisure time. This amazing2008 due to a windstorm and was slated to be
construction that reveals the best of vernacularreopened in March 2009.
architecture and American Naïve art wasThis out of the ordinary site is best explored by
completed in 1954. In 1990 this site was named astaying at a Beverly Hills hotel. Travellers can
National Historic Landmark.experience comfort and relaxation at its best by
The creator of The Watts Towers also called it thestaying at a nearby luxury hotel in Beverly Hills .
towers of ‘Nuestro Pueblo’ which means