Watts Towers

bring a cameraband a video camera.

This is a pile of junk stapled together in a neighborhood that’s full of racial tension. If you drive there (pretty much the only way to go), you go through the “jungle”. Those are streets that are curved with speed bumps and only one way in and out. The streets are designed like that to deter drive by shooters. The “towers” are in an isolated area. When you drive there, you probably will have to stop on a street in the cut and stop your vehicle for a couple of minutes to wait for the train to go by. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

I came and saw a pile of “historic” trash and tiles as the Watts Towers … (i only like the watts towers because it they used my last name :P)

... Then, talk about ghetto. Trash on streets, graphitti …

But the soul food is so good!

and was truly impressed, but the thing I remember most is being surprised about how small they were in relation to what I expected.

But incredible, just the same!
jkd

yes this place is worth visiting its amazing especially when u know tha history behind it i ust to walk pass in everyday afterschool i live like two blocks away from it i had my first kiss here and my first “fight” middle school so 5 years a ago

...I went when I learned how to drive.

It is awesome to see these towers in person. It boggles my mind how a man without any formal architectutral training built these sculptures that have withstand time and the earthquakes of California.

What could have possessed this man to build his “Nuestro Pueblo” for 33 years? Is this what is called passion? Simon Rodia’s calling in life? To built this art single-handidly with the tallest tower standing at 99 1/2 feet.

I enjoyed the tour of the towers. The colors are so varied and the materials used were ingenous. I loved taking the photographs of the tower of the hearts in particular, it just speaks to me of true love of what he was creating. This man had a sense of purpose. Did he listen to his inner self, that voice that beckons us if we only listen?