Thursday,
May 15, 2008
The
ANNOTICO Report
With
so many critical budget issues facing
While
Built by an Italian Immigrant, the neighborhood has become the spiritual heart
of the African American Community, and their is no
other object that they take more pride in.
This
$569,000 for repairs follows on closely to $1.9-million seismic retrofit
necessary after the Northridge earthquake, that required the
Robert Lachman,
Los Angeles Times
May
15, 2008
Beginning
Monday, public tours at the Watts Towers will be
restricted until next February to enable crews to repair damage the center
tower sustained during the storms of 2004-05.
The Department of Cultural Affairs had applied for federal FEMA funds after the
storms but the claim was initially denied. The city received $569,000 in March
which will fund the repairs and special scaffolding that will enclose the
tower, which is just under 100 feet tall. "It
This isn
"Every disaster shows us our weakest point," Kazor
said. "The rain and the wind causes cracks to
open up. The day after the rain stops you can see exactly what the problem
is." It
The crews are city employees trained by the conservator to work on the project.
During repairs the grounds will be open, as will the
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