Description: A giftable book about New York City's public clocks--featuring both bygone clocks and others still ticking for a city without a moment to waste
Brief description: Matthew White is a noted interior designer, antiquarian, and preservationist, and a former ballet dancer. He is the author of Italy of My Dreams: The Story of an American Designer's Real-life Passion for Italian Style. An emeritus board member and former chairman of Save Venice Inc., he currently lives in the Hudson Valley with his husband and two dachshunds while working to revitalize the historic hamlet of Hillsdale, New York.
Review Quotes: Ostensibly a study of clocks, Matthew White's disarming and whimsical book manages to be so much more: a vivid history of New York through an unexpected lens, a masterful study of design, and a cunning exploration of the very nature of time itself.--Doug Wright, Pulitzer Prize & Tony Award winning playwright