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Standing tall at 85m, Rajabai clock tower in South Mumbai, is now a part of Unesco World Heritage site. Designed with inspiration from Big Ben, this 140 year old tower clock was built by a wealthy broker, who also founded Bombay Stock Exchange. The local legend has it that his mother (Rajabai) was blind, and the periodic chimes of this clock tower helped her know the time without external help.
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I met these young ladies while they were on their coffee break and asked them to pose. Instantly there were about 8 or ten other people gathered around to take pictures as well. In the background is Gastowns' famous steam clock.
Our cut-out cuckoo clocks are set to Second Life time, cuckoo/chime on the hour, when clicked, and have a moving pendulum!
10 common painted varieties, and 2 rare wood varieties.
Pittsburgh, PA
Installed 1913
My photo was extremely washed out. I used Photoshop to up the contrast and clarity, and adjusted colors. The background was totally white, so I used a sky from one of my other photos to fill it in. I've had several people tell me this is the best photo they've seen of this Pittsburgh landmark. I always laugh, thinking, if they only knew what a horrible image it was SOOC.
About the clock:
For more than a century, "Meet me under Kaufmann's Clock" was said by one and all when meeting someone in downtown Pittsburgh. This clock has been added to the list of official local landmarks. This bronze ornamental clock features telamones on both sides.
Kaufmann's was a large department store in the city then, and later built additional stores in the suburbs. This store is now owned by Macy's.
(Addendum: in 2015 Macy's closed the store and the building will become a hotel and apartments.The new building will reopen early 2018: www.pittsburghmagazine.com/Best-of-the-Burgh-Blogs/Nest/N... The clock will remain.)
The Kaufmann family is also famous for hiring Frank Lloyd Wright to design their vacation home in the mountains southeast of the city ---the home which became known as "Fallingwater."
From an April 21, 2013 article on the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette website, marking the 100 year anniversary of the clock:
"The current clock is... the second one at Fifth Avenue and Smithfield Street. The original, four-faced clock was installed in 1884 and stood on a post at that intersection...
"The present 1913 clock was designed by Coldwell Clock Co. of New York City and weighs about 2,500 pounds [1134 kg]. It was incorporated into the building's facade by the Pittsburgh architectural firm of Janssen & Abbott.
"In 1987, when the clock was dismantled for cleaning and restoration, more than 100 pieces were removed in a two-part process that took three days. The clock's works were tagged, numbered and photographed to ensure accuracy. Three teams of 15 specialists worked for 10 weeks on the restoration.
"The clock's surface was so heavily oxidized and coated with 74 years worth of soot, grime and pigeon droppings that chemical cleaners and solvents proved useless.
"Using bridge cleaning equipment, workers blasted 1,000 pounds of ground corncobs at the clock to clean it."
The Clock Tower in Venice is an early Renaissance building on the north side of the Piazza San Marco, at the entrance to the Merceria. It comprises a tower, which contains the clock, and lower buildings on each side. It adjoins the eastern end of the Procuratie Vecchie. Both the tower and the clock date from the last decade of the 15th century, though the mechanism of the clock has subsequently been much altered. It was placed where the clock would be visible from the waters of the lagoon and give notice to everyone of the wealth and glory of Venice.
Venice, Italy
Genesis 11:4
Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered over the face of the whole earth.”
Los Angeles International Airport, California, USA
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Clock above a former funeral director's office in Argyle Street, Glasgow, UK (12.6.22). Snapseed edit.
the cliche shot of the famous clock tower of Old port of Montreal, Canada with the water and the bridge in the background, I could not resist taking this shot, I just feel its a classic
Dandelion clock II (incl. black vignette)
on Newton Brook Greenway.
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A cuckoo clock design for a tattoo commissioned by the lovely bubbly Kelli, can't wait to see the final results!
13th April 2014., O'Connell Street, Dublin, Ireland
More than a clock, it was a meeting place for Dubliners for years. "Meet you under Clerys Clock"