2007-12-27 21:25:17 · 5 answers · asked by Lycaone 3 in Travel ➔ United States ➔ New York City
The short answer is that those numbers are part of an art installation. It was designed in 1999 by Kristen Jones and Andrew Ginzel, and it's called The Metronome.
How to read the clock – the Metronome -- on the art wall at 1 Union Square South? The 15 numbers of the digital clock display time going and coming relative to midnight. Read time going left to right and time coming in the opposite direction. So, if the clock reads 070437000235616 it means that it is 7:04 A.M. (7 hours and 04 minutes since midnight) and that there are 16 hours, 56 minutes and 23 seconds remaining until midnight. The three numbers in between are a blur of moving numbers.
http://gothamist.com/2005/03/11/whats_the_deal_with_that_union_square_clock_thing.php
2007-12-28 05:25:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Union Square Numbers
2017-02-27 07:43:26 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's art, and if you look closely it's also a clock counting down to midnight.
2007-12-28 00:23:23 · answer #3 · answered by Amanda 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
its a clock that gives you the accurate time in military time.
2007-12-28 02:48:01 · answer #4 · answered by karma 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was wondering much the same thing
2016-08-26 14:26:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋