union square numbers

established in 1999, i have walked by these numbers on the building in union square countless times.  until this week, by the time i get home, i completely forget about my intention to look online to find out just exactly what the numbers represent.

as a public service to all new yorkers with adhd, i offer the following straight from wikipedia:

On the left side of the work is a set of fifteen large LED digits, called “The Passage”, which display the time in24-hour format. The seven leftmost digits show the time in conventional 24-hour format, as hours (2 digits), minutes (2 digits), seconds (2 digits), tenths of a second (1 digit). The seven rightmost digits display the amount of time remaining in a 24-hour day, as tenths of a second (1 digit), seconds (2 digits), minutes (2 digits), hours (2 digits). The center digit represents hundredths of a second, and appears as a blur.

For instance, if the clock reads “195641188180304” (as in the picture at right), it means that time is 19:56 (7:56 PM) and 41.1 seconds, and that there are 04 hours, 03 minutes, and 18.8 seconds remaining in the day.  (wikipedia)

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 Tennessee Williams