#gap clock tower

Clouds (No. 582)

Chickies Rock County Park, Columbia (two pics)

Gap Clock Tower, PA

Paoli Massacre Monument, Malvern

Gap Clock Tower, PA

Located in the town of Gap in Lancaster County stands this magnificent Clock Tower. Tours of the tower can be arranged through the Clock Tower Association. Unfortunately, when I visited, it was a Monday holiday so no one was there and I was not afforded the spectacular views of which I have so often heard. The clock tower was built in 1892, and restored in 1953 (according to the historical marker) in the town where William Penn once owned 200 acres of land. The cock has four faces and the most wonderful, quaint bell tower at the top. There is room to walk about up there and I'd wager it is possible to climb the stairs and look around. There is no available information about the specifics of the clock but I'd wager it is about 40 feet or so tall.

The clock has white, Roman numerals, four square sides with decorative blue, wood trim on all four corners with the round, black clock faces inside each square. The bottom of each sqaure side has a blue cornice, all arond. The clock was accurate to the minute when I visited. Beneath this is the tower with interesting white, fish scale shingles at the top giving way to rectangular shingles to the bottom. The clock has spot lights all around. Above the clock is the bell tower, open, railings on all sides for looking out at the town. The bell is hoisted just above the floor. The tower - observation area is topped with a white pyramidal roof with a sharp finial at the top and a little orb midway to the top.

Clocks (No. 55)

Old Kosciusko County Courthouse, Warsaw (three pics)

First Methodist Episcopal Church, Massillon (three pics)

Southside Works, Pittsburgh

Adams County Court House, Gettysburg (two pics)

Clocks (No. 56)

Gap Clock Tower (four pics)

Consolidated Edison Building, Manhattan (four pics)

True North Union Square, Manhattan

Tick Tock Day

Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future recedes. Possibilities decreasing, regrets mounting.

Tick… Tock… Tick… Tock… This is the sound of the year, and indeed your life, slowly slipping away. Every moment not spent living life to the fullest is another moment that is gone forever, impossible to reclaim. Tick Tock Day reminds you that the year is almost at an end, and there are things still left to be doing, and in fact only two days left to do them in. Don’t let the year end with regret! Get out there and beat the Tick Tock!

History of Tick Tock Day

Every year people look forward to New Year’s Eve to establish their New Year’s Resolutions, which of course rarely if ever come to pass. But what of the last precious moments of the year already passed? Tick Tock Day urges us to make the most of this time to complete those tasks that can be done in that time, and further to remind us just how much can be done in a short amount of time if you truly urge yourself forward.

Did you intend to repaint that living room? Perhaps you wanted to start learning a new skill, or clean out the garage. All of these things are possible in the last fading moments of the year, don’t let them go to waste! Maybe your unfinished work is of a more personal nature. Did you intend to reconcile an old friendship this year? Or close an old fissure between you and a family member? Maybe you finally wanted to take a moment to set something right and just never found the time. That time is Tick Tock Day!

How to celebrate Tick Tock Day

Wouldn’t it be nice to start the next year with a clear head and a clean heart? We all of us have regrets of things we wish we had done that remained unfinished or that we consider to be opportunities past. So long as you still draw breath there is still time to accomplish the things you wish to do with your life, don’t let the idea that it’s ‘too late’ get into your head. Tick Tock Day reminds you that there is always time for another last minute, so get out there and make sure that you don’t leave a year behind you full of regrets!