| The Watts Towers which is also known as the | | | | ‘our town’. Children in the neighbourhood |
| Towers of Simon Rodia are positioned ideally in Los | | | | helped Rodia, by bringing him broken pieces of glass |
| Angeles California within the lively Watts district. It | | | | and pottery. Rodia also sourced a lot of the required |
| comprises of 17 structures built out of steel. Two | | | | material from the damaged pot quantity at Malibu |
| towers of this exceptional work of art even reach a | | | | Pottery 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 decked | | | | today are the broken pieces of soft drink bottles |
| with unusual material such as scrap metal, ceramic | | | | and some still bear their original brand names. The |
| tiles, sea shells, glass and even bed frames. It is built | | | | blue glasses that have been used to deck the Watts |
| on a residential area of Watts and has become an | | | | Towers are from bottles of milk of magnesia. |
| important landmark in Los Angeles. Steel pipes have | | | | The 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 it | | | | public viewing in 2001. It was once again damaged in |
| during 33 years of his leisure time. This amazing | | | | 2008 due to a windstorm and was slated to be |
| construction that reveals the best of vernacular | | | | reopened in March 2009. |
| architecture and American Naïve art was | | | | This out of the ordinary site is best explored by |
| completed in 1954. In 1990 this site was named a | | | | staying 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 the | | | | staying at a nearby luxury hotel in Beverly Hills . |
| towers of ‘Nuestro Pueblo’ which means | | | | |