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I just finished building this clock. Made entirely from Aspen harvested from trees removed from urban areas.
The „World clock” (Világóra in Hungarian) is in the city of Gyula, in Southern Hungary. Interesting place to check curiosity of what time is in the other cities around the globe. It's not a big monument but fits into the scenery well.
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Sakae is located in the heart of Nagoya and as such is one of Nagoya's main commercial districts. Inside Hisaya-odori Park is the 180-meter Nagoya TV Tower, built in 1954, which is often mentioned as a symbol of Nagoya. (Source - Wikipedia). Public Clock Photography - my time to disconnect - Arjan Richter
Viaje a EEUU - Día 6
History
One of the most beloved monuments in the parks of New York City, this musical clock hovers above the arcade between the Wildlife Center and the Children's Zoo. A gift of publisher and philanthropist George T. Delacorte (1894–1991), it was dedicated in 1965.
Delacorte, whose many gifts to the City of New York include the Alice in Wonderland statue (1959) and the Delacorte Theater (1962) in Central Park as well as fountains in Bowling Green Park (1977) and Columbus Circle (1965), conceived of the clock as a modern version of belfries in churches and city halls dating back to the Middle Ages.
Designer Fernando Texidor collaborated with architect Edward Coe Embury (son of the 1934 zoo’s designer, Aymar Embury II) to create a brick arcaded bridge between the Monkey House (now the Zoo School) and the main Central Park Zoo quadrangle to house the clock and its animal sculpture carousel. Italian sculptor Andrea Spadini (1912–1983) crafted the whimsical bronze sculptures, which depict a penguin, kangaroo, bear, elephant, goat, and hippo parading with a variety of musical instruments as well as two monkeys with mallets that strike the bell.
Each day between eight in the morning and six in the evening, the clock--now digitally programmed--plays one of thirty-two nursery rhyme tunes on the hour. On the half-hour, the mechanical performance is a bit shorter. The animals rotate on a track around the clock and each also turns on an axis. On June 24, 1965, the clock was officially unveiled before a large crowd of spectators and dignitaries, including Parks Commissioner Newbold Morris, former Parks Commissioner Robert Moses, and Manhattan Borough President Constance Watley.
In 1995, the Central Park Conservancy supervised a restoration of the clock and sculptures, financed through an endowment established by the family of Mr. Delacorte in 1993.
Delacorte Clock Details
Location: Main walkway between Zoo and Children's Zoo
Sculptor: Andrea Spadini
Architect: Edward C. Embury
Description: Three-tiered mechanical clock; bottom level has six animal figures marching around clock tower in igrillwork frame; clock faces above the animals; clock tower topped by two monkeys and bell; clock is on top of arched gateway; two plaques
Materials: Animals and bell--bronze; Grillwork--iron; Gateway--brick and limestone
Dimensions: H: 18'6" W: 23'4" D: 5'9"; Each plaque H: 7" W: 9"
Cast: 1965
Dedicated: June 24, 1965
Donor: George T. Delacorte / George Delacorte Fund
Tiffany jeweler's man holds up a clock. Walnut St. near Broad Street, Philadelphia
thanks to Curro Vazquez for the title.
It is located very near to the Rumi Darwaza, also called Hussainabad Clock Tower. Built in 1881 by the Britisher and designed by Roskell Payne. This 67 m-high clock tower on the river Gomti, is the tallest clock tower in India. The 221-foot tall structure was erected by Nawab Nasir-ud-din Haider to mark the arrival of Sir George Couper, 1st Lieutenant Governor of United Province of Avadh in the year 1887 at a cost of Rs. 1.75 lakhs. The tower has European style artwork. The parts of the clock is built of pure gunmetal and the pendulum hangs 14 feet. The dial of this clock is shaped like a 12-petalled flower and has bells around it.
One of the key features of the station is the Swiss style clock that hovers over the main entrance. Facing the waiting area it has smaller replicas on the platform itself
Prague's medieval Astronomical Clock. Dating from 1410 it's the oldest working clock of it's kind in the world.
Clock on University Hall on the campus of Friends University in Wichita Kansas. Built in 1886-1888 for the new Garfield University. After years of financial difficulty, James M. Davis of St. Louis purchased the building in 1898 as a gift to the Kansas Society of Friends under the condition that the city of Wichita would donate land for a university. The structure is named for him. It is the largest of the public buildings designed by Proudfoot and Bird.
National Register #71000328. Added in 1971.
An early view of University Hall: