Strolling through an old European city or colonial American village, one structure often draws the eye before anything else: the clock tower. Often reaching high above rooftops and marketplaces, these architectural timekeepers have marked the passage of hours for centuries. While we no longer rely on them to schedule our days, their presence is more than nostalgic — it’s deeply symbolic.  Clock towers connect us to an era when time was a shared resource, when clocks were heard on the hour (and sometimes on the half-hour and quarter-hour) and seen from nearly every corner of ...Read More