Clock Tower Photos From MidTown
Jan. 21st, 2016 05:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Today on my way to work, I accidentally went up Fifth Avenue instead of Madison Avenue and stumbled on the below, which I subsequently took a picture of with my smartphone at lunch:



Which, I realized is the same clock tower and building that appears on the cover of my novel - Doing Time on Planet Earth. Exactly the same. When I chose the cover - I hoped it was a photo of a building and clock tower in NYC, but had no way of knowing for certain. These "clock towers" appear all over NYC, some more ornate than others - and date back to the early 1900s.
The one that appeared on the cover of my novel is not only NYC but just a few blocks from where the principal action in the novel takes place.



Which, I realized is the same clock tower and building that appears on the cover of my novel - Doing Time on Planet Earth. Exactly the same. When I chose the cover - I hoped it was a photo of a building and clock tower in NYC, but had no way of knowing for certain. These "clock towers" appear all over NYC, some more ornate than others - and date back to the early 1900s.
The one that appeared on the cover of my novel is not only NYC but just a few blocks from where the principal action in the novel takes place.
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Date: 2016-01-22 12:04 am (UTC)Glad it was what you wanted! I remember pillars like this with clocks on them from other cities. Some of those clocks are probably gone now. It's good this one was saved.
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Date: 2016-01-22 02:15 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-01-22 08:26 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-01-23 01:13 am (UTC)