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The Watts Towers: Architect: Simon Rodia "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: This article has been viewed 4970 times in the last 3 years kobe: 20th May 2005 - 16:08 GMTno way! this is in los angeles? wow. what an amazing construct. i guess it was being built for a long time... before the sprawl took over. id love to see aerial shots of it. Lili: 17th Jun 2005 - 05:00 GMTYears ago I read that after Simon Rodia passed onward the city tried to Suburban Tactics: 8th Jul 2005 - 20:50 GMTThey were constructed in the 50's or 60's or somthing. Jamie: 29th Aug 2005 - 17:58 GMTI've been playing GTA San Andreas on the PS2 alot lately and the watts towers certainly do star in the game. they can be found in the city of Los Santos. I got shot and jumped into a lke and was shot again and killed. Comment on this article..[previous] :: [next] |
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