towers in watts

Simon Rodia's Towers in Watts: A photographic exhibition by Seymour Rosen, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1962 (thanks p+w!)
previously here and here

Bucky + Towers

R. Buckminster Fuller discusses Simon Rodia's towers, 1983.

This 40 minute unedited interview is included as a DVD bonus feature with the documentary I Build The Tower by Edward Landler & Brad Byer, Bench Movies, 2006. This was R. Buckminster Fuller's final interview at the age of 87. (Isamu Noguchi's chrome nickel steel bust of Fuller features prominently)

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Nuestro Pueblo

Simon Rodia's towers in Watts, CA, earlier today.

(Simon Rodia 1879-1965)