Watts Towers, Los Angeles
Image ID
FOT632579
Rights
RM Rights Managed
Image Details
13.0 MB
JPEG
4653×3000px
394×254mm
15.5×10in
Visual Size @300ppi
Description
Watts Towers, now called Watts Towers of Simon Rodia State Historic Park, Watts, LA, Los Angeles, California, USA consists of 17 interconnecting structures, 2 at over 99 feet, 30 m, Built by Italian immigrant, Simon aka: Sam, Sabato, Rodia, 1921 to 1954, he used scrap metal, steel, pipe, rod, embed, embedded, glass, porcelain, tile, found object, mortar, cement, concrete, a committee was formed to save towers from demolition, handed over to City then State in 1978, a nineteen seventies photograph from M&N Publishing
Uploader
Martin Hendry
Contributor
M&N
Date Taken
1978
Uploaded On
2009-11-06
Sub Category
Follies
Dominant Colour
#3060A0