A new municipal building is being erected in the parking lot next to LA’s Watts Towers. “Neighbors are concerned about congestion, and preservationists who cherish Simon Rodia’s fantasia of folk-art sculpture worry that the new building, which would augment the smaller, existing arts center nearby, will obstruct views of the towers. They question why officials decided to place a new, $4.7-million youth arts center near the towers, rather than on city-owned property around the corner that originally was designated for the project.”