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The Watts Towers draw visitors from around the world, but relatively few from its own area. "People from Europe, Asia, Hong Kong... it's the Angelenos and the Americans that don't come," says ...

The Watts Towers built by artist Simon Rodia in Los Angeles on Wednesday, June 22, 2022. ... warmly embraced — drawing thousands of visitors each year to see the creation.

Los Angeles Councilwoman Janice Hahn’s plan to build a skateboard park in the shadow of the Watts Towers is being ramrodded through without full consideration of the potential impact on the ...

Yesterday, the New York Times reported that the Watts Towers of Los Angeles are endangered. The city, facing budget shortfalls, has cut the three workers assigned to maintain the towers, which, at ...

The Watts Towers rose up against a clear blue sky as James Janisse unlocked the 10-foot-high gate that surrounds the soaring outdoor sculpture. "Behold the work of the man," said Janisse, a tour gu… ...

The Watts Towers aren’t as obscure as most places I’ve covered. Most USC students have probably already heard of the towers, but I figured everyone needed a little extra encouragement to venture into ...

On HBO's Six Feet Under, a visit to the Watts Towers topples Claire Fisher, the undertaker's daughter played by Lauren Ambrose, off her cloud of art-school idealism. She and soon-to-be-boyfriend ...

It's also where two giant spires known as the Watts Towers have withstood the test of time. The iconic landmarks were built by hand, and now, they are now deteriorating.

The Watts Towers “I had it in my ... They were built without bolts, rivets, welds or drawing board designs. Rodia climbed the structures, completing them a layer at a time using simple tools, ...

Cities have always been a complex mix of splendor and squalor, darkness and light, comfort and fear, art and ashes.It’s about the same today no matter wherever you look: San Francisco, London ...

Simon Rodia’s story will be told with a showing of the 2006 documentary “I Built the Tower” at 3 p.m. Sunday, July 30, at the Warner Grand Theatre.