Post Clock

     Before the turn of the century, the business districts of American cities were graced by the presence of numerous cast-iron "street" or " post" clocks placed on sidewalks in front of buildings. Smaller cousins to the "tower clocks" installed in turrets and steeples, the elegant street clocks, often 15 or more feet high, served primarily as the trademarks of fine jewelry stores.  By the 1920s street clocks nationwide had begun to disappear, as thoroughfares were rebuilt and buildings were modernized. Increasing traffic also proved hazardous to the tall and slender structures.