SAVE THE WATTS TOWERS FROM LOS ANGELES' RECREATIONAL PLANS
December 2011
Dear Friends,
Our efforts to stop the construction of the Skateboard Park at the
Watts Towers have been fruitful.
The project has been put on hold.
And, better yet, it now looks like the area originally designated
for the skateboard park will become a green park!
The Los Angeles City Department of Recreation and Parks – which now
has responsibility for the site adjacent to the Watts Towers – has
recognized the environmental and community concerns raised by a
skateboard park and has started a series of community meetings to
determine the best use of the area adjacent to the Towers.
And the Parks for People program of the non-profit Trust for Public
Land – dedicated to establishing green parks in urban areas – is
working with Recreation and Parks to implement these meetings and
develop a workable design for enlarging the green area around the
Watts Towers.
I will continue to keep you informed of how the planning for the
area around the Watts Towers develops and I will let you know if we
need to raise our voices again – with concern or praise.
Thank you for your kind attention.
Edward Landler, filmmaker/Friends of the Watts Towers Arts
Center
P.S. Please note: There will be a
screening of I Build the Tower – the feature documentary film on the
Watts Towers – at the Watts Towers Arts Center, Saturday afternoon,
December 17, as part of the opening of the Civic Virtue exhibition
for Pacific Standard Time -- Film begins at 2:30 PM
For more information:
www.ibuildthetower.com r
http://civicvirtuela.org/?page_id=72
For further information on the Watts Towers of Simon Rodia located
at 1761-1765 East 107th Street call the
Cultural Affairs Department (213) 473-8493 or
the Watts Towers Arts Center and tours
call (213) 847-4646 fax (323) 564 7030
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e-mail cadwattsctr@earthlink.net
Accommodations for disabilities are available upon 72-hour notice for
department events/programs. Information in alternative formats also
is available upon request.
Call +1 (213) 473-8343 or TDD (213) 473-8339.
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