The WTACC project gained momentum in 2021 when California’s Proposition 68 Statewide Park Program awarded a $4.5 million grant. Watts Towers attract about 40,000 visitors a year, according to the California Department of Parks and Recreation, and were designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 1990. “We want people to know that the Watts Towers are part of who Los Angeles is.” The project’s funding is restricted to renovating the campus and does not include the conservation of the Watts Towers themselves. The post ‘It’s been the right time for a long time’: Behind Watts Towers’ $22-million campus renovation appeared first on Los Angeles Times.