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Watts Towers

author: Lisa Tang : Los Angeles, CA
Friday, May 20th, 2005

 

Watts Towers

author: Lisa Tang : Los Angeles, CA

image 2020
 The Watts Towers: Architect: Simon Rodia Location: Los Angeles, California Date: 1921-1955 Building Type: monument Construction System: steel and concrete assemblage Climate: mild to dry Context: urban Style: Modern Urban Vernacular Notes: Idiosyncratic, exhuberant monumental urban art, created by one inspired individual. "One man's artistic fantasy is here given substance: fanciful spires pieced together over a period of thirty-three years from steel reinforcing rods and wire mesh, colorfully decorated with seashells and fragments of broken dishes and bottles. -—from Sylvia Hart Wright. Sourcebook of Contemporary North American Architecture: From Postwar to Postmodern. Details: Watts Towers Arts Center (213) 847-4646 1765 East 107th Street Los Angeles, CA 90002

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