Watts Towers
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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.
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
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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
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Simon Rodia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPart |
arches
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pavement mosaics ⓘ towers ⓘ walls ⓘ |
| height |
approximately 30 meters
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approximately 99 feet ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
California Historical Landmark
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Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument NERFINISHED ⓘ National Historic Landmark ⓘ |
| location | Watts, Los Angeles, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| LosAngelesHistoricCulturalMonumentNumber | 15 ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
broken pottery
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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
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survived 1994 Northridge earthquake ⓘ |
| style |
folk art
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outsider architecture ⓘ |
| UNESCOStatus | on tentative list for World Heritage Site (United States) ⓘ |
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
South Los Angeles
this entity surface form:
Simon Rodia Watts Towers Jazz Festival
this entity surface form:
Watts Towers Arts Center
this entity surface form:
Watts Towers Arts Center
this entity surface form:
Watts Towers Arts Center Park