Asked and Answered: Why Do Seattle's Sidewalk Clocks Mark Four with "IIII" Instead of "IV"?

A clock on Third Ave whose time-telling abilities seemed like a life-or-death matter to my teenage self. bk
If you're anything like me, you spent a few teenage evenings sprinting through downtown Seattle to catch a late-night ferry to the Kitsap Peninsula—because if you missed the 10-something, the next one didn't leave until sometime around 2 a.m. and you'd be in deep, deep shit—checking all the clocks you sped past on the sidewalk to measure your progress and update your fear quoti