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Originally Posted by rockyi
Maybe not quite like this but I'm talking about all those crazy people who make these enormous grottos or other structures out of broken plates, bottles, concrete etc. They seem to be quite common.
There's that huge structure in south-central Los Angeles, can't remember the name of it, though. It's quite tall. I find it hard to believe he got a permit for it.
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It's the Watts Towers by Simon Rodia.
As for why folk architecture always looks like the way it looks... I'd say cost. It's hard to put in nice concrete slabs or walls when it costs a grand per cubic yard of concrete. I think the size of the materials is an important factor as well, I don't think most folk artists have front end loaders and skidsters to work with. I think they also use a lot of scrap material as well.