Sabato Rodia's Towers in Watts: Art, Migrations, Development
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15 June 2014
Online ISBN:
9780823268924
Print ISBN:
9780823257966
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Early History of CSRTW Early History of CSRTW
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Rodia Builds the Towers Rodia Builds the Towers
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The Watts Towers Arts Center The Watts Towers Arts Center
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CSRTW’s Demise and Renewal CSRTW’s Demise and Renewal
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Watts Towers Requirement List Watts Towers Requirement List
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CSRTW, City, Museums CSRTW, City, Museums
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Reassessing Conservation Efforts Reassessing Conservation Efforts
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Damage in Process Damage in Process
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The Role of Museum Professionals The Role of Museum Professionals
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CSRTW and Advocacy CSRTW and Advocacy
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CSRTW Accomplishments CSRTW Accomplishments
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Works Cited Works Cited
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Chapter
Fifty Years of Guardianship: The Committee for Simon Rodia’s Towers in Watts (CSRTW)
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225–243
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Published:15 June 2014
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Morgan, Jeanne S., 'Fifty Years of Guardianship: The Committee for Simon Rodia’s Towers in Watts (CSRTW)', in Luisa Del Giudice (ed.), Sabato Rodia's Towers in Watts: Art, Migrations, Development, Critical Studies in Italian America (FUP) (New York, NY , 2014; online edn, Fordham Scholarship Online, 17 Sept. 2015), https://doi.org/10.5422/fordham/9780823257966.003.0012, accessed 15 July 2026.
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Abstract
This chapter focuses on the activities of the guardianship group known as the Committee for Simon Rodia's Towers in Watts (CSRTW). The group was founded in 1958 by William Cartwright and Nicholas King who had purchased the abandoned Watts Towers site. The CSRTW is committed to contesting, when necessary, city or state treatment of the Towers. Topics discussed include the creation of the first Watts Towers Arts Center in 1961 aimed at creating community goodwill and awareness of the Towers; the CSRTW's demise in 1985 and renewal in 2000; the preservation and maintenance of the Towers; the proposed establishment of an Advisory Conservation Committee composed of museum professionals; and the CSRTW's accomplishments.
Keywords:
Watts Towers, Committee for Simon Rodia's Towers in Watts, CSRTW, Advisory Conservation Committee, Watts Towers Arts Center
Subject
Cultural Studies
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Fordham Scholarship Online
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