This is such a wonderful series. Thank you. And this history is amazing as all of them have been. I don't think I've ever heard of Watts Towers, and I certainly have admiration for an Italian immigrant who discovered the American spirit and dreamed it into being....thank you....
Jeff Davis McKissack started working on the Orange Show Monument in 1956. Did Sabato Rodia somehow pass the baton from LA to Houston? And then did the baton travel across Houston to John Milkovisch to inspire the Beer Can House? And what would you call this baton? An impulse to create? An impulse to feather one's nest in a unique and personal way? Is is part of the zeitgeist? And does it still exist?
This is such a wonderful series. Thank you. And this history is amazing as all of them have been. I don't think I've ever heard of Watts Towers, and I certainly have admiration for an Italian immigrant who discovered the American spirit and dreamed it into being....thank you....
Jeff Davis McKissack started working on the Orange Show Monument in 1956. Did Sabato Rodia somehow pass the baton from LA to Houston? And then did the baton travel across Houston to John Milkovisch to inspire the Beer Can House? And what would you call this baton? An impulse to create? An impulse to feather one's nest in a unique and personal way? Is is part of the zeitgeist? And does it still exist?
I deeply appreciate this series. Houstonian Larry Harris has created a miniature version of the Watts Towers in homage.