The countdown clock is only set up in Union Square for Climate Week, until September 27th, when it will return to being a confusing clock.

The numbers count the 24 hours of the day, while showing what is remaining in the day. For example, in this photograph, the time is 8:21 (or 20:21 in military time), with an additional 26.5 seconds.

The Earl Layman Street Clock has stood at its current spot in Pioneer Square since 1984. It was originally erected in 1907, or 1922, depending on which story you believe.

A hint of optimism has been added to the Climate Clock, the set of decreasing numbers on the facade of a building in New York’s Union Square that was conceived by two artists and activists, to ...

Documentarian Eugene Jarecki is putting a number on the lives lost by the White House’s slow and inadequate address to the coronavirus pandemic. This is the Trump Death Clock. High above an ...

The crazy steam-spewing Union Square "Metronome" clock is off by 52 minutes! Does anyone even know how to read this thing? One blogger explains just how to decipher it: just how to decipher it: ...

Massive digital clock counts down to a deadline in the climate crisis 05:32. In a city with an endless supply of iconic artistic landmarks, one that never fails to capture New Yorkers' attention ...

The numbers will stay on the Times Square plaza and members of the public will have the opportunity to take photos with them through December 19.-----* More Manhattan news ...