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Here is the plaque posted on the clock:

THIS CLOCK IS A GIFT TO THE CITY OF NEW YORK FROM THE ALLIANCE FOR DOWNTOWN NEW YORK, INC. IN HONOR OF

DAVID ROCKEFELLER

WHOSE EFFORTS ON BEHALF OF NEW YORK CITY AND DOWNTOWN, FROM HIS TIME AS ASSISTANT TO MAYOR FIORELLO LAGUARDIA TO HIS YEARS AS CHAIRMAN OF THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK AND THE DOWNTOWN-LOWER MANHATTAN ASSOCIATION, PROVIDED THE EXTRAORDINARY CIVIC LEADERSHIP THAT GUIDED DOWNTOWN FOR OVER HALF A CENTURY.

PRESENTED OCTOBER 2000

Photo: © Tom Bernardin, November 2000.

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