Watts Towers
The Watts Towers, Towers of Simon Rodia, or Nuestro Pueblo are a collection of 17 interconnected sculptural towers, architectural structures, and individual sculptural features and mosaics within the site of the artist's original residential property in Watts, Los Angeles, California, United States.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include 103rd Street/Watts Towers station and Willowbrook/Rosa Parks station.
103rd Street/Watts Towers station
Railway station
Photo: GTD Aquitaine, Public domain.
103rd Street/Watts Towers station is an at-grade light rail station on the A Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. The station is located alongside the Union Pacific freight railroad's Wilmington Subdivision, at its intersection with 103rd Street, after which the station is named, along with the nearby landmark Watts Towers in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. 103rd Street/Watts Towers station is situated 1,600 feet northwest of Watts Towers.
Willowbrook/Rosa Parks station
Railway station
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Willowbrook/Rosa Parks station is a major transport hub and Los Angeles Metro Rail station that serves the A and C lines. The station, located at the intersection of Imperial Highway and Wilmington Avenue in the Willowbrook community of Los Angeles County, is a major transfer point for commuters. Willowbrook/Rosa Parks station is situated 3,900 feet south of Watts Towers.
Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital
Hospital
Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital, also known as MLK-LA, is a 131-bed public community hospital in the unincorporated Willowbrook neighborhood of southern Los Angeles County, California, just outside of the Los Angeles city limits. Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital is situated 1 mile south of Watts Towers.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Watts and Willowbrook.
Watts
Neighborhood
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Watts is a neighborhood in southern Los Angeles, California. It is located within the South Los Angeles region, bordering the cities of Lynwood, Huntington Park and South Gate to the east and southeast, respectively, and the unincorporated community of Willowbrook to the south.
Willowbrook
Suburb
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Willowbrook, alternatively named Willow Brook, is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Los Angeles County, California, United States.
Firestone Park
Village
Florence-Graham is a census-designated place in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 61,983 at the 2020 census, down from 63,387 at the 2010 census. Firestone Park is situated 2 miles north of Watts Towers.
Watts Towers
- Type: Monument
- Description: towers in Los Angeles
- Categories: visionary environment and tower
- Location: Los Angeles, Southern California, California, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Watts Towers” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أبراج واتس”
- Chinese: “华兹塔”
- Chinese: “梅尔罗斯大道”
- Chinese: “梅爾羅斯大道”
- Chinese: “瓦特大厦”
- Chinese: “瓦特大廈”
- Chinese: “華茲塔”
- Dutch: “Watts Towers”
- French: “Watts Towers”
- Georgian: “უოტსის კოშკები”
- German: “Watts Towers of Simon Rodia”
- German: “Watts Towers”
- Hebrew: “מגדלי ווטס”
- Italian: “Watts Towers”
- Japanese: “ワッツ・タワー”
- Japanese: “ワッツタワー”
- Portuguese: “Watts Towers”
- Russian: “Башни Уоттса”
- Russian: “Уоттс Тауэрс”
- Spanish: “Watts Towers”
- Swedish: “Watts Towers”
- Urdu: “واٹس ٹاورز”
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