The Towers (1957) | Building The Watts Towers

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Sabato "Simon" Rodia[2] (February 12, 1879 - July 17, 1965) was an Italian-American artist who created the Watts Towers, or, as he called them, Nuestro Pueblo (Our Town, in Spanish), a Los Angeles landmark.
Rodia was born and raised in Serino, Italy.[3][4] In 1895, age 15, he emigrated to the United States with his brother.[5] Rodia lived in Pennsylvania until his brother died in a mining incident. He then moved to Seattle, Washington, where he married Lucia Ucci in 1902. They soon moved to Oakland, where Rodia's three children were born. Following his divorce circa 1909, he moved to Long Beach and worked at odd jobs before finally settling in Watts in 1920.[6]
Rodia began constructing the Watts Towers in 1921, but did not complete them until 1954. They were frequently vandalized by neighbors, and Rodia gave this as the reason he moved to Martinez, where he remained until his death in 1965. It is believed that Rodia never returned to Watts after moving to Martinez. -wikipedia
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@andrebarnes7178 4 жыл бұрын

My grandmother tells me stories about her walking home from school in the 1940s and kids would stop and throw rocks at him while he’d be up there working. They called him a crazy old man. So sad. This guy was a genius. I suggest everyone to visit the detail in person is stunning an absolute work of art.

@salvatoreturieo7128 2 жыл бұрын

Wait, your grandma never lived by the watts towers. She was over near Compton area. At least if my mind is still right

@andrebarnes7178 2 жыл бұрын

@@salvatoreturieo7128 110 n grape

@gyromatical Жыл бұрын

You're traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination.

@SandDancing 2 жыл бұрын

When I was a young child in the 1950s, I visited the Watts Towers with my art teacher from the Pasadena Art Institute, (what is now, the Pacific Asia Museum). I still vividly remember that day, wandering around the site, sitting and sketching Rodia's extraordinary creations. I was indelibly impressed with the stark contrast of these fairy towers and the impoverishment of the surrounding neighbourhood. The towers and their juxtaposition with the poverty instilled in me the need to do something with my life to use the arts to relieve suffering. I have done this all my life by working with children and becoming a child psychotherapist using creative modalities for healing.

@dreww8941 2 жыл бұрын

I saw the towers for the first time today. Very iconic.

@djbside1965 4 жыл бұрын

Funny how the music for this mini-documentary would later become the legendary theme of The Twilight Zone TV series (1959-1964).

@missshannon9790 4 жыл бұрын

Was thinking the music sounded eerily familiar. They was rippin Us off even then!

@corneliusflake2103 3 жыл бұрын

@@missshannon9790 who is ripping who off? Calm down.

@thetruthexperiment Жыл бұрын

Music copyright law is extremely corrupt and unsustainable. Melody should be anybodies. The recordings themselves should be copywritable but not the melody.

@lisalasoya2898 Жыл бұрын

Thoughtfully, the stage was set and the inner-city strategy begun in April 1965. In between, the vast amount of people who believed they can retrieve credit off someone, no matter what they were, wanted to put their imprint or signature -whether in textiles, hobbies, artist, onto the whole world. In particular, Simon (who I don't think is Italian but B/V) he built a tower with coca cola & glass madeira bottles, cables, filing them & gluing them onto this tower. Mostly, picking up Debreu by the railroad station on Alameda Avenue Los Angeles, CA. There angrily among the townspeople of watts CA determined a wrong doing concerning this railroad, what happened next including Simon escalated to a memory centering this monument, as identical, to Paris France. The difference is timelines. Lisa

@elizabethfaraone 4 жыл бұрын

I’ll never forget watching this documentary as a little girl in the 1970’s at our YWCA in Plainfield, NJ. I was enchanted.

@robthebeekeeper8997 3 жыл бұрын

Cool. I remember reading about it in the 70s in my elementary school in Tolleson Arizona. 😊

@rjarias1540 2 жыл бұрын

My grandparents lived next door. They owned Luie's Garage. I remember this gentleman and, of course, the towers when I was a young boy. I remember being mesmerized by the variations of materials used in the construction.

@Sayski1900 Жыл бұрын

Wen did luies shop close?

@rjarias1540 Жыл бұрын

@@Sayski1900 I believe it was the late 50s or early 60s.

@RS70_UGHC 2 жыл бұрын

* One of the greatest Artists ever. Much Respects to Mr. RODIA ... 12/26/2021 ...

@harriettemacy7399 4 жыл бұрын

This guy reminds me of my favorite artist, builder and creative genius Antoni Gaudi. He also built monumental structures on his own, very very beautiful sculptures, parks and his astounding architectural buildings and cathedrals.

@KingofgraceSARA 4 жыл бұрын

Gaudí was gaudy!

@Sean-hennessey 3 жыл бұрын

I saw this only once as a kid over 40 years ago and I still think about it. thanks for posting.

@goldiesincity8005 3 жыл бұрын

Its hard to picture Watts without picturing those towers , those towers are watts and watts are those towers .

@Beautiful13818 2 жыл бұрын

For Sure

@sacredsounds4234 Ай бұрын

I never thought anything could compare to Ed Leedskalin and Coral Castle until I saw this.Even though we know how this was built and coral Castle has a lot of mystery on how it was built this is just as spectacular and wonderful.

@BrettHoustonTube 3 жыл бұрын

Looks like a lovely aetheric energy transceiver...

@Beautiful13818 4 жыл бұрын

I grew up in watts, it's true

@Bill-cv1xu 3 жыл бұрын

Ok....

@JuanLopez-do6tf Жыл бұрын

Have you been to compton or lynwood ?

@transtremm 4 жыл бұрын

As seen on Harold Land's LP, "Harold in the Land of Jazz."

@brotzmannsax 4 жыл бұрын

Boom, there it is on LA's Contemporary label, nice call!

@italianamericaneducational8209 Жыл бұрын

They mispronounce his surname but the footage of him is awe-inspiring. We need a major biopic of this genius.

@hoesssaaayyymyname5734 3 жыл бұрын

Ohhh yeah dats my block look exactly the same

@hadleymanmusic Жыл бұрын

I wanna see this ever since I was about 7 hell thats 51 years ago

@WorldofPickles 3 жыл бұрын

Only here caus of school. Still cool anyway

@edmondwashington9806 4 жыл бұрын

Redd Foxx

@themako990mako9 4 жыл бұрын

Poor sabato worked so hard then watts changed he left because they can’t vandalized his art works. Shame. Ciao paisan.

@courtlove2763 4 жыл бұрын

Them towers was in alot of classic movies

@richmoe4365 4 жыл бұрын

Yep Colors

@missshannon9790 3 жыл бұрын

And Richochet. Top of the world Ma!

@vinceastrero949 Жыл бұрын

Here after From The Scratch series.

@coolcat1684 3 жыл бұрын

There’s a little cathedral in there , with an altar

@kimberlyanita1006 4 жыл бұрын

What is that thing?

@jacksonjones7736 4 жыл бұрын

Free energy towers they also had millions of castles and other things we dont think exist with free energy. (Basically no power lines needed) like today we've been RESET

@nighthawk3378 2 жыл бұрын

Cell Tower

@jrr1814 2 жыл бұрын

So is that actually Simon Rodia? I mean, if this is from 1957 it could be.

@thetruthexperiment Жыл бұрын

Yeah the old guy yes.

@paigevs.matrix2424 Жыл бұрын

Mind control. Baking pineal glands is not art or talent people fall for deception and you wonder why the crime and the violence happens in that neighborhood.

@legendofzoloxolo1425 11 ай бұрын

I agree. I doubt he built it those things are over 3 stories tall. I’m guessing its FreeMasons and there is 3 tall ones like the three pyramids. They said in one video it was capable of radio signals Something isn’t right very suspicious

@rr7firefly 4 жыл бұрын

Rodilla? Why does he keep saying that? There is not a single L in the name Rodia.

@mossomstylz 4 жыл бұрын

This man went in and put stucco/cement and a bunch of garbage on the moors structure for (33masonic) years. You referred to Islam I'm assuming you mean the dogmatic religion bc if your talking ISLAM the science you would know the Moors created this. A university will only give you (a) Degree, but you need (360) degrees of knowledge taught by ancestors who were there.

@Soandso801 2 жыл бұрын

The subtitles in this are abysmal.

@francinelinguini 3 жыл бұрын

why does narrator keep mispronouncing his name, it's Rodeea not Rodilla

@cv507 28 күн бұрын

0:31 0mm weathärr v??v

@mossomstylz 4 жыл бұрын

These mofos won't stop lieing about these moorish structures.

@KingofgraceSARA 4 жыл бұрын

Well, the Moors conquered and influenced Spain in every way.

@rr7firefly 4 жыл бұрын

Moorish? Do you have a degree in Architecture History? I do, so I can tell you that you are both completely off base with references to the Moors. Just because the narrator used the word "minaret" does not mean they are related in any way to the world of Islam. He was using that term figuratively, not literally.

@rr7firefly 4 жыл бұрын

@@KingofgraceSARA Rodia was an Italian immigrant. He was not from Spain.

@Benitoite17 4 жыл бұрын

@@rr7firefly mossomstylz is absolutely correct this and all structures like Castles,water towers,so called church cathedrals,star forts,lighthouses,citadels,bell towers,canals,rivers,railroads,palaces or basically any structure that the mainstream calls,Gothic,Renaissance,romanesk,Victorian,...etc. All these structures were built by the real stone masons of 360 degrees... The Moors. The Moorish empire was worldwide and applied there great wealth of knowledge of sacred geometry and algebraic mathematics to all stuctures they buit. The greatest architects of the recent past.Some thorough research and will innerstand this to be the facts. Peace and Love!!

@Benitoite17 4 жыл бұрын

mossomstylz is absolutely correct this and all structures like Castles,water towers,so called church cathedrals,star forts,lighthouses,citadels,bell towers,canals,rivers,railroads,palaces or basically any structure that the mainstream calls,Gothic,Renaissance,romanesk,Victorian,...etc. All these structures were built by the real stone masons of 360 degrees... The Moors. The Moorish empire was worldwide and applied there great wealth of knowledge of sacred geometry and algebraic mathematics to all stuctures they buit. The greatest architects of the recent past.Some thorough research and will innerstand this to be the facts. Peace and Love!!

@ladyruler9585 4 жыл бұрын

I would love to hear from black folks who actually saw when the towers were built. I'm not buying this dude did that by himself.

@everydayeveryday982 4 жыл бұрын

I saw this tower when I was a child and lived not too far from the towers. Beautiful hand craft work that took years to build. By himself they say he did it out of colorful bottles and glass.

@randygreenfield4312 4 жыл бұрын

I’ll be asking my mom first thing in the morning . I’ll get back to you

@KingofgraceSARA 4 жыл бұрын

Fallen angel technology.

@randygreenfield4312 4 жыл бұрын

Ok it’s 100% accurate my auntie lived directly across the street from him and saw him building from the ground up

@everydayeveryday982 4 жыл бұрын

@@KingofgraceSARA You would have to be there everything is not fallen angel technology it is simple mathematics baby. smiles.

@theseeyes2654 4 жыл бұрын

I don't buy this tower thing.. Just my opinion.

@rr7firefly 4 жыл бұрын

What alternate scenario would you have in mind? These towers are not figments of the imagination. They are real. I have seen them in situ.

@3dheadcreeps87 3 жыл бұрын

What do you mean?

@legendofzoloxolo1425 11 ай бұрын

@@rr7fireflyi don’t buy it either those are radio towers. There is no way that dude built it alone. Probably sending a harmful signal to the surrounding population.