Well I have finally made it to Watts Towers. I have always wanted to go and see these towers but they are in a really bad area of Watts near L.A. So for my comfort...I took Jeff along to protect us! I don't think he was as thrilled as I was to see the towers. My mom and Abigail went with us for the final day of "Month out with Grandma C". She had seen them before about 35 years ago but didn't remember them until she saw them again. The creator of them, Simon Rodia, started them in 1921 and finished them in 1954. He was a concrete worker and tile setter from Italy. He used all recycled materials for them that he found in the area...over 100,000 ornamental pieces. The towers are about 30 feet high and the whole structure has 17 structures. This was all done by himself and only in the evenings and his days off. He would put up re-bar, then coat it with cement, let it dry and then climb up to do another one. The boys wanted to know how he could climb so high! I'm sure they could probably figure that one out themselves.
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