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A clock tower, relit and partly reused

For the Edition Hotel’s tower, once the Metropolitan Life building, FMS mixed new technology with refurbished original fittings.

Dazzle Digest desk · from the linked project pages

Edition Hotel clock tower in New York. Lighting design by Fisher Marantz Stone.
New York Edition, Madison SquareThe clock tower’s crown against the evening sky.Photo: lumenpulse / Fisher Marantz Stone

For more than a hundred years, the tower of the New York Edition Hotel, formerly the home of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, has been part of the city’s skyline1. FMS was hired to upgrade its exterior lighting and bring out the tower1.

The new night scheme introduces new technology while refurbishing and reusing existing fittings where they still made sense1.

From the project

The client was Ian Schrager with Marriott International, the architect Adamson Associates, and the project was completed in 20151. The night photographs are credited to lumenpulse1.

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The Edition tower · detailsTwo close views of the lit crown.Photo: lumenpulse / Fisher Marantz Stone

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The skylineAnother frame from the project page.Photo: Fisher Marantz Stone

Sources

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  1. Fisher Marantz StoneFisher Marantz Stone — Edition Hotel Clock TowerUndated page · checked 2026-09-28
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This story is from the October 2026 New York issue of Dazzle Digest, a free monthly magazine about lighting and life after dark.

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