Union Square Time Clock

Over the last 20 years you ve probably noticed the massive astronomical digital clock that tells time for passersby in union square.

Union square time clock.

The washington post posted an image of the famous metronome clock in union square to its. Massive digital clock counts down to a deadline in the climate crisis in new york city s union square a giant digital clock has been reprogrammed to count down the amount of time left to take. Metronome is a large public art installation located along the south end of union square in new york city the work was commissioned by the related companies developers of one union square south with the participation of the public art fund and the municipal art society the 4 2 million provided by the developer makes it one of the largest private commissions of public art. Since 1998 a clock in union square has been confusing people with its meaning.

For more than 20 years metronome which includes a 62 foot wide 15 digit electronic clock that faces union square in manhattan has been one of the city s most prominent and baffling public art. The massive electronic clock in union square that has puzzled new yorkers for over two decades has been repurposed as a count down to climate disaster. Manhattan s inscrutable metronome digital clock which for decades has confounded union square passersby uncertain of what it s actually measuring now tracks the amount of time until. The famous clock in union square that has been tracking the time of day since 1999 has been reset for a new countdown.

The rapidly diminishing time left for the human race to take meaningful. Created by gan golan and andrew boyd the. Sep 22 2020 7 57 am. Commonly thought to be a national debt clock an actual one is in midtown the clock is part of an art installation.