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Iconic ball machine clock sculpture in Strawberry Square will be replaced

The iconic 41-foot Chock O Block Clock sculpture has stood in the atrium of Strawberry Square in Harrisburg for 34 years. Since then, visitors have enjoyed and been intrigued by the colorful piece in ...
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Iconic ball machine clock sculpture in Strawberry Square will have a new home in central Pa.

The iconic 41-foot Chockablock Clock sculpture that has stood in the atrium of Strawberry Square in Harrisburg for 34 years has found a new home. In July, Harristown Enterprises, which owns Strawberry ...
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Harrisburg’s Strawberry Square to get rid of ball machine clock

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — A long-time staple of Harrisburg’s Strawberry Square — the atrium Chockablock Clock ball machine — is set to be replaced with performance and conference areas, according to a ...
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Strawberry Square's Chockablock Clock finds new home at Shippensburg University

SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. — Note: The video is from July 7. Strawberry Square's iconic Chockablock Clock has found a new home. Earlier this year, the Harrisburg shopping center announced it was removing the ...
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George Rhoads, Designer of Fantastical ‘Ball Machines,’ Dies at 95

In his ingeniously conceived sculptures, balls seem to travel randomly and trigger various sounds. “Each pathway that the ball takes,” he said, “is a different drama.” By Richard Sandomir George ...