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The Watts Towers aren’t officially open for their centennial, having been closed for restoration since 2017. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times) By Christopher Reynolds Staff Writer .

Muralist, teacher and activist Michael Massenburg, 62, top, with Patrick Taylor, 29, left, and Allyson Dixon-Duarte, 20, restore the John Outterbridge mural at the Watts Towers Arts Center Campus.

The Watts Towers rise above homes in the South Central Los Angeles community of Watts. The hand-sculpted structures were built by Simon Rodia between 1921-1954. Before You Go.

(CBS News) In Los Angeles, the Watts section is known for showing a community at its worst and its best. It's also where two giant spires known as the Watts Towers have withstood the test of time.

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 ...

The Watts Towers rise in Los Angeles like a strange evocation of Gaudi's monumental art nouveau church, the Sagrada Familia, in Barcelona. And to some ...

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 ...

Watts Towers. Clip | 9m 52s. Built by Italian American Simon Rodia, the scope and scale of the watts towers in Los Angeles are only matched by their fascinating history and artistic importance.

Built over 34 years of nights and weekends, Simon Rodia's towers have withstood multiple earthquakes and even a 10,000-pound truck pull. ... The Watts Towers, Sturdy Survivors. By . Arnie Cooper.

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 ...