Landmarks of New York

This tower, of massive simplicity it Italian Renaissance style, was completed in 1909 from plans by Le Brun & Sons. Its four clock faces are each 26 ½ feet in diameter, the minute hands weighing ½ ton, Four chimes ( the largest 7000 pounds) sound a measure by Handel on the quarter hours.

Marker is at the intersection of Madison Avenue and East 24th Street on Madison Avenue.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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