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.

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.

By the time Rodia left, at age 76, Watts was built up and filled in, and the towers were already a relic, with brightly colored tiles from the defunct Malibu Potteries embedded alongside pre-World ...

The Watts Towers aren’t officially open for their centennial, having been closed for restoration since 2017. ... “He built the towers by hand, alone, without machine tools, ...

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.

Italian immigrant Simon Rodia built and decorated the Watts Towers in LA with steel, wire mesh, seashells, and pieces of pottery and tile. June 26, 2005. Robert Lachman/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images.

The Watts Towers rise above homes in the South Central Los Angeles community of Watts. The hand-sculpted structures were built by Simon Rodia between 1921-1954. Before You Go.

LOS ANGELES —— Towering spires of steel, concrete. An urbanmosaic quilted from broken bottles, dishes and seashells. WattsTowers in Los Angeles is the work of a man who loved his commun… ...

He built the towers working alone in his Watts backyard, over a period of 33 years. "Nobody knows why he built it. The most frequently cited quote is, 'I wanted to do something big and I did it ...

While access to Watts Towers is still restricted as the city repairs damage done to the structure from the 2004-05 rain storms, this mini-documentary, The Towers, was just uploaded to YouTube.

The Watts Towers are a labor of love, graceful spires built by hand over 30 years in the Los Angeles-area backyard of sculptor and construction worker Simon Rodia. IE 11 is not supported.

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.