Watts Towers L A

by Joseph Hollingsworth

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Watts Towers L A

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Joseph Hollingsworth

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Photograph - Digital

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Artist and others often seek inspiration from others or from thing around them. I chose the Watts Towers and Simon Rodia. I also to the liberty of paraphrasing a Henry David Thoreau statement.
The Watts Towers, Towers of Simon Rodia, or Nuestro Pueblo ("our town") are a collection of 17 interconnected sculptural structures within the Simon Rodia State Historic Park in the Watts community of Los Angeles. The tallest of the towers reaches a height of over 99 feet (30 m). The towers and walls were designed and built by Sabato ("Simon") Rodia (1879–1965), an Italian immigrant construction worker and tile mason, over a period of 33 years, from 1921 to 1954. The work is an example of outsider art and Italian-American naïve art.
The Watts Towers are located near the 103rd Street/Watts Towers Los Angeles. They were designated a National Historic Landmark and a California Historical Landmark in 1990. They are also a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument, and on the National Register of Historic Places in Los Angeles.

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July 13th, 2017

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