This article discusses the upcoming spring-forward time change in New York City, focusing on the behind-the-scenes mechanisms of the city's famous clocks. It highlights the hidden rooms that house complex gears and automated systems, such as those at the New York Edition Hotel, where time adjustments occur without public visibility. The piece emphasizes the modernization of timekeeping, moving away from manual adjustments, like the historical reliance on night watchmen. It encapsulates the intricate balance between the visible passage of time and the unseen interworking that facilitates it.
An automated mechanism is set to move the hands from 2 a.m. to 3 a.m. when the time comes.
There are places in those buildings that almost no one ever sees - hidden-away rooms where the time change actually happens.
Guests are not given a key to that door... the room behind the door has plate-size gears that have to be oiled regularly.
Where time will speed up on Sunday morning. Where time will stop in the fall.
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