Sign on the entrance door to the Watts Towers of Simon Rodin, Watts district of Los Angeles, California, USA, 1964
Notice on the door to the Watts Towers in 1964, (now called the Watts Towers of Simon Rodin State Historic Park), Watts district of Los Angeles, California, USA, 17 interconnecting structures, 2 at over 99 feet (30 m), built by Italian immigrant, Simon (aka Sam) Sabato Rodin from 1921 to 1954, he used scrap metal steel and concrete with embedded glass, porcelain and found objects, a committee was formed to save towers from demolition and site handed over to City then State in 1978, a vintage nineteen sixties photograph
Size: 3358px × 4996px
Location: Watts, Los Angeles, California, USA
Photo credit: © M&N / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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