Watts Towers

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art installation folk art environment landmark outsider art sculpture

Watts Towers is a renowned collection of intricately sculpted steel-and-mosaic spires in Los Angeles, created single-handedly over decades by Italian immigrant Simon Rodia and celebrated as a landmark of folk art and outsider architecture.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Watts Towers Arts Center 2
Watts Towers Arts Center Park 2
Simon Rodia Watts Towers Jazz Festival 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf art installation ⓘ
folk art environment ⓘ
landmark ⓘ
outsider art ⓘ
sculpture ⓘ
adjacentTo Watts Towers Arts Center NERFINISHED ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Nuestro Pueblo NERFINISHED ⓘ
architect Simon Rodia NERFINISHED ⓘ
builder Simon Rodia NERFINISHED ⓘ
CaliforniaHistoricalLandmarkNumber 993 ⓘ
city Los Angeles ⓘ
constructionEnd 1954 ⓘ
constructionStart 1921 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creator Simon Rodia NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart arches ⓘ
pavement mosaics ⓘ
towers ⓘ
walls ⓘ
height approximately 30 meters ⓘ
approximately 99 feet ⓘ
heritageDesignation California Historical Landmark ⓘ
Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument NERFINISHED ⓘ
National Historic Landmark ⓘ
location Watts, Los Angeles, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
LosAngelesHistoricCulturalMonumentNumber 15 ⓘ
materialUsed broken pottery ⓘ
ceramic tile ⓘ
concrete ⓘ
found objects ⓘ
glass ⓘ
mortar ⓘ
shells ⓘ
steel ⓘ
wire mesh ⓘ
nationalHistoricLandmarkDesignationDate 1990 ⓘ
neighborhood Watts NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfStructures 17 ⓘ
operator City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs NERFINISHED ⓘ
ownedBy City of Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantEvent survived 1965 Watts riots ⓘ
survived 1994 Northridge earthquake ⓘ
style folk art ⓘ
outsider architecture ⓘ
UNESCOStatus on tentative list for World Heritage Site (United States) ⓘ

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South Los Angeles region → containsLandmark → Watts Towers ⓘ
subject surface form: South Los Angeles
Watts → hasCulturalEvent → Watts Towers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Simon Rodia Watts Towers Jazz Festival
Watts → hasCulturalInstitution → Watts Towers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Watts Towers Arts Center
Watts → hasLandmark → Watts Towers ⓘ
Watts, Los Angeles → hasLandmark → Watts Towers ⓘ
Watts, Los Angeles → hasLandmark → Watts Towers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Watts Towers Arts Center
Watts → hasPark → Watts Towers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Watts Towers Arts Center Park
Watts, Los Angeles → hasPark → Watts Towers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Watts Towers Arts Center Park
Watts → knownFor → Watts Towers ⓘ
Watts, Los Angeles → knownFor → Watts Towers ⓘ