J. sent this cool photo (below) from above of the clock on 280 Broadway (the squarish one on the Chambers corner) and this question: “Do you know if they plan to refurbish these beautiful Sun clocks? A lot of the scaffolding is down now, and you can see that one clock has been dismantled, one is still in scaffolding, but clearly is old and damaged. There is a box next to the dismantled one…I’m hoping it contains some parts for repair. :) ”

The Department of Citywide Administrative Services, or DCAS, which manages city-owned property confirmed that both are undergoing repairs AND both will be operational once the work is complete. (I did not realize that while the southern one is a clock, the flatter one on the north corner at Reade is a thermometer.) In the meantime, the building looks gorgeous (my photo taken from Downtown Dance Factory) and it’s a relief to have at least one shroud removed from the stately buildings of Broadway.

See Tom Miller’s post on the building’s history here.