The long-broken outdoor clock on Elgin’s downtown Tower building has been refurbished and placed back on the exterior of the recently renovated structure. “It was a difficult project but not beyond ...
Mechanical clocks first appeared in northern Italy in the 13th century, following earlier methods of timekeeping like ...
At 10 feet high, the Worcester Five Cents Savings Bank clock on Front Street doesn’t tower over the city, but it’s become a symbolic giant of downtown renewal. The E. Howard & Co. model arrived in ...
The pandemic has warped our sense of time, at once blurring the days together and slowing them to a weary slog. So it’s fitting that Boston’s most recognizable clock has come to a standstill — for now ...