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17-JUL-2010

Noon, Grand Central Terminal, New York City, New York, 2010

The massive 13-foot wide clock on the façade of Grand Central Terminal is flanked by three huge statues, which made up the largest sculptural group in the world when created by French sculptor Jules-Alexis Coutan in 1914. I use a 400mm telephoto lens to zoom up to the spectacular clock and catch the minute hand just as it crawled past noon. I cropped the statue on top of the clock -- winged Mercury -- out of this picture, as well as Minerva, who sits to its right. I include only Hercules, who seems to be relaxing from his labors at noon, perhaps even thinking about lunch.

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Phil Douglis09-Aug-2010 19:03
I don't know the song, Rose, but I do know something about the Eagles. I photographed a scene in Winslow, Arizona that inspired one of their songs. (Seehttp://www.pbase.com/image/63556058 ) I am delighted that my image reminds you of "A New York Minute." This clock has been ticking off those minutes over Grand Central for nearly 100 years.
Phil Douglis09-Aug-2010 19:03
I don't know the song, Rose, but I do know something about the Eagles. I photographed a scene in Winslow, Arizona that inspired one of their songs. (Seehttp://www.pbase.com/image/63556058 ) I am delighted that my image reminds you of "A New York Minute." This clock has been ticking off those minutes over Grand Central for nearly 100 years.
sunlightpix08-Aug-2010 22:06
Wonderful! Reminds me of the expression "A New York Minute"
From the Eagles song:
In a New York Minute
Everything can change
In a New York Minute
Things can get a little strange
In a New York Minute
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