CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The Committee for the Simon Rodia Towers in Watts records measure 0.2 linear feet and date from 1953-1989. The records include clippings, a ...

*(Watts, CA) — The Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) celebrated the 41 st anniversary of the Annual Day of the Drum Festival, and the 46 th anniversary of the Annual Simon Rodia Watts Towers Jazz ...

It took Italian immigrant Simon “Sam” Rodia more than 25 years to build the Watts Towers, starting work on the massive, one-of-a-kind structure in 1921. The city later protested. Rodia had no permits ...

Los Angeles - The Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) celebrates the 41st anniversary of the Annual Watts Towers Day of the Drum Festival, and the 46th anniversary of the Annual Simon Rodia Watts ...

A simple fact -- the Watts Towers were the creation of Italian architect Simon Rodia, built over the course of three decades and finished 10 years before the Watts riots -- belongs somewhere in Roger ...

When Sabato "Simon" Rodia started work on what eventually became the Watts Towers in the 1920s, no one -- perhaps not even the artist himself -- knew exactly what he was building. But, it turns out, ...

The Watts Towers aren't officially open for their centennial, having been closed for restoration since 2017. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times) A hundred years ago, in what was then the semi-rural ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Contact Reference Services for ...