{"id":41254,"date":"2025-09-23T20:00:45","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T00:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/2025\/09\/23\/spartanburg-votes-to-relocate-iconic-clock-tower-face-amid-cost-concerns\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T20:00:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T00:00:45","slug":"spartanburg-votes-to-relocate-iconic-clock-tower-face-amid-cost-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/2025\/09\/23\/spartanburg-votes-to-relocate-iconic-clock-tower-face-amid-cost-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Spartanburg Votes to Relocate Iconic Clock Tower Face Amid Cost Concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WcO9KbelHiU?cc_load_policy=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>The Spartanburg City Council has voted to preserve and relocate the face and inner workings of the city\u2019s iconic clock tower, instead of moving the entire structure \u2014 a decision that comes after pushback from residents and rising cost concerns. Moving the full tower would have cost nearly $900,000, potentially cutting into funding for the Morgan Square redevelopment project. <\/p>\n<p>City officials say the historic clock components will be showcased in the new city-county mixed-use building, with the goal of keeping it accessible for the public. Discussions also included creating a new circular clock face to reflect the original design.<\/p>\n<p>WSPA 7 News has the latest on the council\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Spartanburg City Council has voted to preserve and relocate the face and inner workings of the city\u2019s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":41255,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15206],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-upstate-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41254\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.koolfm.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}