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- Simon Rodia Earth Foundation.
- Watts
Towers Gallery. Photos.
- Watts Towers of Simon
Rodia SHP. "The Watts Towers are a complex
set of 17 separate sculptural pieces built on a residential lot in the
community of Watts. Two of the towers rise to a height of nearly 100 feet.
The sculptures are constructed from steel pipes and rods, wrapped with
wire mesh, coated with mortar, and embedded with pieces of porcelain, tile
and glass. Using simple hand tools and cast off materials (broken glass,
sea shells, generic pottery and ceramic tile) Italian immigrant, Simon
Rodia spent 30 years (1921 to 1955) building a tribute to his adopted
country and a monument to the spirit of individuals who make their dreams
tangible.
The Watts Towers are one of only nine works of folk art listed on the
National Register of Historic Places. The site is one of only four US
National Historic Landmarks in the city of Los Angeles. The site is now a
unit of California State Parks and managed by the Los Angeles City
Cultural Affairs Department.
The Los Angeles City Cultural Affairs Department, through the Watts Towers
Arts Center, provides diverse cultural enrichment programming through
tours, lectures, changing exhibits and studio workshops for both teachers
and school children. Each year, thousands of people are attracted to the
Towers' site for the Simon Rodia Watts Towers Jazz Festival and the Watt
Towers Day of the Drum Festival."
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Southeast Community Police Station. "Southeast Community Police
Station serves the neighborhoods of Athens Park, Harbor Gateway, Jordan
Downs, Nickerson Gardens, San Miguel, and Watts, and is under the
jurisdiction of South
Bureau. Over 350 sworn and civilian personnel provide police service
to the approximately 150,000 community residents within its 10.2 square
miles.
- VolunteerMatch.org.
"Where volunteering begins...VolunteerMatch is a leader in the nonprofit
world dedicated to helping everyone find a great place to volunteer. The
organization offers a variety of online services to support a community of
nonprofit, volunteer and business leaders committed to civic engagement.
Our popular service welcomes millions of visitors a year and has become
the preferred internet recruiting tool for more than 30,000 nonprofit
organizations. Read more in our latest annual report."
Comment: If you want to volunteer, go to
http://www.volunteermatch.org
and click on Search, key in your ZIP Code, and you will instantly see the
organizations in your area needing volunteers. This is a brilliant
concept that makes great use of the Internet.
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- WX.com. Weather info for
Watts, CA.
ZIP Code
- Yahoo!
Weather for Watts, CA.
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