The George Delacorte Musical Clock, known simply as the Delacorte Clock, is a bronze animal adorned clock located near the entrance of the Children’s Zoo and the Wildlife Center of Central Park Zoo in Central Park of New York City, New York. It has been there since be dedicated in 1965 and named for George T. Delcaorte Jr., the founder of Dell Publishing Company, and a philanthropist who lived in New York City and has donated money for the establishment of the Delacorte Clock, the Delacorte Theater, the Romeo and Juliet sculpture, The Tempest sculpture, and the Alice in Wonderland sculpture, all of which are found within the boundaries of Central Park. Built atop brick archways, the Delacorte Clock depicts bronze animals, including a penguin, a kangaroo, a bear, a goat, a hippo, and an elephant that parade around one tier playing musical instruments, while above a group of monkeys with mallets are responsible for ringing the bell to keep the time on top of the clock. Every half hour starting at 8 AM up through 6 PM, the clock plays a musical tune while the animals come to life. The lower animals spin on their own axis while they also rotate around the clock on a track, while above the monkeys use their mallets to strike the bell. The playlist regularly consists of 32 nursery rhyme tunes, but also includes other tunes to mark the seasons and the holidays. The Wild Images Team has explored through every inch of Central Park on multiple visits, and we have always been drawn to this clock and its music. The Wild Images Team has captured many other photos throughout New York such as in the Corning Museum of Glass antique cruets and dishware overlap, then in New York City itself the sudden snow squall over the Garment District, the scene of the Sherry-Netherland towering over a sculpture, and the opposite directed festive view of West 58th Street, each of which is available for sale in our store. Our New York blog posts document the Corning Museum of Glass plate of colorful giant glass fruit, the intricate stained glass vines and bubbles over a figure, and the suspended glass knives in front of a red stack tower, then in New York City itself the Empire State Building shining like a beacon, the perpetual hustle and bustle of Times Square, the impressive bronze Alice in Wonderland sculpture, the memorial bronze statue of legendary Balto and its accompanying dedicated to the indomitable spirit plaque, the animated bronze animals and the Delacorte Clock, The Wild Images Team Coordinator Christina with Spongebob SquarePants, the festive view of a large toy train in Rockefeller Center Station, the late night giant holiday lights on the sidewalks, and the piles of giant holiday ornaments in Liholts Pooley Pool. In nearby Pennsylvania, The Wild Images Team has captured many other photos including the postgame fireworks over the Andy Warhol Bridge, the colorful bursts of Independence Day fireworks over the Ohio River, the view as delicate flowers bloom in the Laurel Highlands, and the very early lantana at the University Park Flower Gardens, each of which is available for sale in our store. Our blog posts from Pennsylvania have documented the Halloween moment when hundreds of witches converged on Mellon Park and then later performed a choreographed dance routine, when The Wild Images Team attended an interfaith wedding ceremony during which our Coordinator Christina Orban was a bridesmaid, a look inside of the ornate St. Vincent Archabbey Basilica, the side yard greenhouse vividly reflecting light displays, the scene dominated by vibrant strands of holiday lights on a tree, the many hues of a very festive holiday house along McColly Street, the colorful view of the Bellefonte Historical Railroad Fall Foliage Train, the burst trails of fireworks over the Allegheny River, the red, white, and blue trail fireworks over the Roberto Clemente Bridge, the palette of colors with fireworks bursting over the Ohio River, the hundreds of American flags flying over Blairsville Cemetery, the fall leaves surrounding the Tyrone Division of the Pennsylvania System World War I Monument, the many colors of a flower soaking up sunshine, and the dichotomy created by a floral battle of yellow versus red.
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