[DOC] [TLE] Simon Rodia Towers - Los Angeles Times [PAR] Simon Rodia, 90, Italian-born tile setter who built the controversial Watts ... 
Memorial services will be conducted at the Watts Towers at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday. ... 
Mr. Rodia built the three towers of steel, cement, bottles and shells over a 33-year 
period. ... But before they could be razed, art groups and others seeking to 
preserve... [DOC] [TLE] Simon Rodia - Wikipedia [PAR] Sabato "Simon" Rodia (February 12, 1879  July 17, 1965) was an Italian-
American artist who created the Watts Towers, or, as he called them, Nuestro 
Pueblo, a Los Angeles landmark. ... They soon moved to Oakland, where Rodia's 
three children were born. Following his divorce about 1909, he moved to Long 
Beach and... [DOC] [TLE] The history of the watts Towers by Sam Rodia - non-official site ... [PAR] THE TOWERS (1957; 12 minutes) is a documentary about Simon Rodia (1879-
1965) ... 107th Street in Los Angeles and began to construct his masterpiece, 
which he ... For 34 years, Rodia worked single-handedly to build his towers 
without ... They founded The Committee for Simon Rodia's Towers in Watts and 
saved the... [DOC] [TLE] Watts Towers - The Cultural Landscape Foundation [PAR] In 1921 on a parcel of land in Los Angeles, Italian immigrant Sabato Rodia, 
began ... Register of Historic Places, is part of the Simon Rodia State Historic 
Park. ... There he settled, working by day as a tile setter, and in his free time, both 
day ... not always received proper care and attention over the years given its 
history of... [DOC] [TLE] 1000+ ideas about Watts Towers on Pinterest | Los Angeles ... [PAR] Watts Towers - Los Angeles; decorated with found objects, including bed frames, 
.... A beautiful environment created over three decades. This is the life's work of 
Simon Rodia, who used scraps of tile from the factory he .... It took Rodia 34 years 
of working single handedly to complete this amazing monument. ... They Built It. [DOC] [TLE] Watts Towers of Simon Rodia (The Towers, 1957) California ... [PAR] Saving the Watts Towers by Simon Rodia in Los Angeles .... Simon Sabato Rodia 
created and built the Watts Towers ..... interconnected structures, two of which 
reach heights of over 99 feet (30 m). ..... Rodia was a construction worker and tile-
setter and worked on his backyard structure in the evenings and on the 
weekends. [DOC] [TLE] Every goddamn day: 10/13/16: California Week #1: The Search for ... [PAR] Feb 9, 2016 ... Several times I set my sights on the Towers in the distance, only to come ... The 
Towers were made by Rodia, an Italian immigrant tile-setter, ... the city of Los 
Angeles was still quibbling about whether they should ... Turning for a last glance
, I thought about Simon Rodia, finishing after 33 years, ... April (30). [DOC] [TLE] Watts Towers and Art Center in Los Angeles - Attraction | Frommer's [PAR] Towers: Admission $7 adults, $3 seniors 55 and over and children 13-17, free for 
children 12 and ... The Towers -- the largest piece of folk art created by a single 
person -- are colorful, ... They were completed in 1955 by folk artist Simon Rodia, 
an immigrant Italian tile-setter who worked on them for 33 years in his spare time. [DOC] [TLE] The Wondrous Watts Towers | Paul's Voyage of Discovery & Etc. [PAR] Sep 20, 2010 ... The Watts Towers are Simon Rodia's imagination. ... and tile setter, with very little 
money, managed in his spare time to create an artwork that... [DOC] [TLE] Interesting if you have some time. - Watts Towers, Los Angeles ... [PAR] 30 reviews ... Our kids (11 and 13) thought they were interesting, but were done 
in about ... informative signs detailing the life of the artist and how he created the 
towers .... Time to visit these amazing towers built by Simon Rodia over a period

Question: They took L.A. tile setter Simon Rodia over 30 years to create
Answer: Watts Towers