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Inspired by the idea that the new park at Hillcrest Village will act as a community meeting space, we propose a contemporary clock tower for this new town square. Sited at the top of the stair within the elevated entry plaza, the tower will be visible from the road and from the entire site. The tower and its sun icon gnomon1 is designed to cast shadows on the entry plaza in front of it, marking an entire year by inscribing the path of the sun as the earth completes a trip around the it. The time and day of year, as well as important dates and events can be marked on the plaza, their locations marked by the sun icon shadow position. Dallas gets an average of 232 sunny days per year, so Clock Tower will be casting shadows and telling time on most days. But no matter the weather, the tower stands as a unique place-making and way-finding beacon to mark the entry to the park. The plaza will be host to a beautiful drawing made with bronze markers inscribing the sun's path around the Hillcrest Village Green entry plaza . As well as using the plaza markers to tell time and day, an array of special bronze markers which commemorate the local community further enhance the plaza for all to explore.