GRANDMA PRISBREY'S BOTTLE VILLAGE
Posted by: 
GeoCraig
N 34° 16.748 W 118° 42.275
11S E 343093 N 3794421
GRANDMA PRISBREY'S BOTTLE VILLAGE
Waymark Code: WM5B9
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 12/28/2005
Views: 61
This
fantastic assemblage is one of California's remarkable
Twentieth Century Folk Art Environments. In 1956, Tressa
Prisbrey, then nearly 60 years old, started building a
fanciful 'village' of shrines, walkways, sculptures, and
buildings from recycled items and discards from the local
dump. She worked for 25 years creating one structure after
another to house her collections. Today, Bottle Village is
composed of 13 buildings and 20 sculptures.
That's the official word. My
personal opinion--it's a glorified pile of trash. This
isn't any Watts Tower. This is the home of the 99
Bottles of Beer on the Wall
virtual geocache.
