Thursday, August 30, 2007

Grand Central Terminal Clock


Here’s another shot I took a while ago of the clock outside Grand Central Terminal on 42nd Street. Probably if you have been to New York before, you’ve taken the same shot! This is some information from Wikipedia:

Outside the station, the clock in front of the Grand Central facade facing 42nd Street contains the world's largest example of Tiffany glass and is surrounded by sculptures carved by the John Donnelly Company of Minerva, Hercules and Mercury. For the terminal building French sculptor Jules-Felix Coutan created what was at the time of its unveiling (1914) considered to be the largest sculptural group in the world. It was 48 feet (14.6 m) high, the clock in the center having a circumference of 13 feet (4 m).

7 comments:

Chica, Cienna, and Cali said...

very impressive !!!

Olivier said...

elle est vraiment superbe cette grande horloge de "Grand Central". Un endroit sublime que "Grand Central" avec son marché, j'adore


it is really superb this large clock of “Great Exchange”. A place sublimates that “Great Exchange” with his market, I adore

Blue Wave 707 said...

Great photo of another NYC landmark!

Nazzareno said...

A splendid photo. Entering the detail I have been spellbound, particularly, from the beauty of the clock, brava, brava, brava!

Gudl said...

That is really very impressive and yes, very well known!
Always a pleasure to see!

Unknown said...

Nice...I liked the design of that clock!!

John Roberts said...

They just don't build buildings like that anymore!