The Watts Towers of Simon Rodia

The Watts Towers located in Watts, CA are a collection of 17 interconnected structures built from 1921 to 1954 by Simon Rodia a Italian immigrant construction worker. I lived right in front of these marvelous structures for a good amount of time on 107TH/Wilmington. I would wake up in the morning to a great view never quite understanding why people would come from many different countries, states, and cities to see these mini skylines in Watts. Once I learned that it took 33 years to build and Mr. Rodia had no formal training in architecture using no special equipment and working alone. This is when I realized Impossible is Nothing.