Comments on: Watts Towers http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/12/08/watts-towers/ Why bother seeing the world for real? Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:48:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Bud Goldstone http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/12/08/watts-towers/comment-page-1/#comment-40851 Bud Goldstone Fri, 04 Aug 2006 20:43:58 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=696#comment-40851 Shape up. The smashing video was shot in 1953 by famous director Bill Hale at USC grad school! In 1958 City issued demo order but art-lover group tested the tallest tower and found it safe. Get it right or forget it. Shape up. The smashing video was shot in 1953 by famous director Bill Hale at USC grad school! In 1958 City issued demo order but art-lover group tested the tallest tower and found it safe. Get it right or forget it.

]]> By: Robert http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/12/08/watts-towers/comment-page-1/#comment-11022 Robert Tue, 04 Apr 2006 00:56:00 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=696#comment-11022 The Internet Archive has a good (and free video) about Simon Rodia and his towers (<a href="http://www.archive.org/details/TowersTh1957" rel="nofollow">The Towers</a>). Filmed in 1957, it shows the man working on the towers and some scenes of late '50's LA. The Internet Archive has a good (and free video) about Simon Rodia and his towers (The Towers).

Filmed in 1957, it shows the man working on the towers and some scenes of late ’50’s LA.

]]> By: Yehudit http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/12/08/watts-towers/comment-page-1/#comment-8047 Yehudit Fri, 09 Dec 2005 14:34:09 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=696#comment-8047 <p>I climbed one of them once and sat in the upper reaches like I was in a tree, and gazed out over the LA skyline.</p> I climbed one of them once and sat in the upper reaches like I was in a tree, and gazed out over the LA skyline.

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