Watts

Watts Towers are Watts' most famous landmark. © LMC

Watts is a sun-baked grid of apartments and California bungalows.

Tourists usually come only for the Watts Towers. The stores are mostly big chains. But there are joys, like a woman enrolling voters on a street corner, or a shop owned by a Black Muslim family. It is most busy and fun during weekdays. There is some excellent street art.

Watts is feared, but it also is a place where beautiful lives are led by wonderful people.

Beautifully graffitied footbridge over tracks near Watts Station. © LMC