Talk:Watts Towers/Archive 1

Archive 1

Antoni Gaudí

Are these towers inspired by Antoni Gaudí? Seems like it to me. If so, the article should mention that. Jacoplane 00:42, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

The creator, Simon Rodia, was from Italy. I've never heard of him having said that he found inspiration from other artists or architects. He was just plain inspired, so far as I know. -Willmcw 01:51, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Even if there's no direct link between the two, the similarities are striking. I added mention of him and Sagrada Familia to a new "See also" section in the interest of connecting related information. —BenFrantzDale 23:02, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

There's an article in the Smithsonian's Folklife Annual (1985) titled "Watts Towers and the Giglio Tradition" that draws parallels to processional festivals in Italy. It credits Rodia as telling a neighbor that he derived his ideas from things he saw in Italy when he was young, though he does not specify exactly what.—Indigone (talk) 18:24, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

The towers were definitely in this game. I don't see it in References in pop culture. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.140.220.192 (talk) 20:52, 1 October 2009 (UTC)

Construction

Why it took 33 years for the "Watts Towers" to be completed. Why did took a long time for it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.101.5.124 (talk) 05:50, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

Because the man who created and built them did so on his own, when he was not working. He also collected the materials discarded by others, which took time. And he did not just stick stuff wherever there was room, he had a design in his head, so if he didn't have enough material it would delay the work on a section.``184.145.94.21 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 16:50, 18 December 2015 (UTC)

Date pls

"Rodia's bungalow inside the enclosure was burned down as a result of an accident on the Fourth of July, " when — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.145.94.21 (talk) 16:52, 18 December 2015 (UTC)

I did some quick looking around for sources for the date of the fire. The site I found was poorly designed, in my mind, so the cite info may be somewhat inaccurate. I made the assumption that the July 4th date was accurate and only looked for "year" info. This may need to be revisited by an editor with more time than I have as of this writing. If I get a chance I will try to find another - or better - source for this info.THX1136 (talk) 13:36, 13 June 2017 (UTC)

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