Floor Clock II - Chicago, IL
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N 41° 53.400 W 087° 37.218
16T E 448539 N 4637749
A large clock set in a plaza. Metal arms (used to be, now no longer working) are in the center and red granite numbers form a circular clockface. Installed in 1989, the clock is approximately 4 ft. high x 72 ft. diameter.
Waymark Code: WM7G33
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 10/21/2009
Views: 5
In 1988, Chicago Dock and Canal Trust donated slightly more than an acre of property to the Chicago Park District for recreational development at Cityfront Center. Designed by Lohan Associates in 1990, Ogden Plaza Park a multi-leveled plaza studded with trees and benches. A large outdoor sculpture, "Floor Clock II," created by internationally-recognized artist Vito Acconci provides a focal point for the plaza.
Vito Hannibal Acconci (born January 24, 1940) is a Bronx, New York-born, Brooklyn-based architect, landscape architect, and installation artist.
I also waymarked this as a Ginormous Everyday Object.
TITLE: Floor Clock II
ARTIST(S): Acconci, Vito, 1940- , sculptor.
DATE: 1989
MEDIUM: Red granite
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS IL000445
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
East side of Columbus Drive in 400 block north, across from the NBC Tower (fyi an art deco waymark of mine.)
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
The database photos show a fully functioning clock with arms, etc. The arms are now gone and the clock doesn't really function any more.
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