Five years later they were designated a cultural heritage monument by the city of los angeles and since 1986 they have been the subject of a conservation effort involving city employees the getty conservation institute and the los angeles county museum of artv. Los angeles watts towers conservation and cultural heritage by bud goldstone five years later they were designated a cultural heritage monument by the city of los angeles and since 1986 they have been the subject of a conservation effort involving city employees the getty conservation institute and the los angeles county museum of artv the los angeles watts towers recounts the story of rodia . Five years later they were designated a cultural heritage monument by the city of los angeles and since 1986 they have been the subject of a conservation effort involving city employees the getty conservation institute and the los angeles county museum of artv the los angeles watts towers recounts the story of rodia and his creation as well as the considerable history of the watts area . The watts towers located in south central los angeles are the monumental work of one man simon rodia born in ribottoli italy c 1879 rodia immigrated to the us when he was about fifteen in 1921 he purchased a triangular shaped lot at the end of a dead end la street and over the next thirty years he. Los angeles watts towers conservation and cultural heritage by bud goldstone