New York City images from the aidan.co.uk photo portfolio

Picture: Clock face of the Metropolitan Insurance Building New York » Filename: UsNycMetBlgClkZm5413.jpg

Close-up of the clock face on the Metropolitan Life Insurance building, Madison Square New York City. The building was completed in the first decade of the 20th century and renovated in the early 1960s.

The clock face combines traditional ornamentation with modern style numerals, reflecting the values of the era in which it was built, a time of transition.

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