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Timed to perfection: With restoration, Newton City Hallâs 89-year-old clocks are ticking together again
By John Hilliard Globe Staff,Updated May 7, 2021, 2:27 p.m.
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Philip D Avanza installed the newly repaired gold-leafed clock hands on the cupola at Newton City Hall late last month.David L. Ryan/Globe Staff
In a way, Philip DâAvanza is a time traveler. He repairs clocks â concentrating on the enormous timepieces nestled high up in places of worship and public buildings like Newtonâs City Hall, where many have marked the passage of time for decades.
Plying his trade means DâAvanza, of Goffstown, N.H., often will climb high up into buildings in order to examine the workings of a historic tower clock, like the 1809 timepiece he worked on at the Old Groton Meeting House in 2019.