line of trees along 17th Street had been planted years earlier, and a corresponding plaque had been installed, as a monument to victims of the Armenian genocide. During the renovation the Union Square Greenmarket was temporarily relocated to the west side of the park, returning to the north end by April 2009. Surrounding buildings There are several notable buildings surrounding Union Square. Clockwise from southwest, they are: Lincoln Building at Union Square West and 14th Street, a city landmark that is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) Spingler Building (also Springler Building) at 5–9 Union Square West 15 Union Square West (former Tiffany & Co. Building) Bank of the Metropolis at 31 Union Square West, a city landmark and a NRHP listing Decker Building at 33 Union Square West, a city landmark and a NRHP listing Century Building (Barnes & Noble) at 33 East 17th Street, on the north side of Union Square, a city landmark and a NRHP listing Everett Building at 45 East 17th Street, on the north side of Union Square, a city landmark W New York Union Square (former Germania Life Insurance Company Building) at 50 Union Square East/105 East 17th Street, a city landmark and a NRHP listing 44 Union Square East (former Tammany Hall Building), a city landmark Daryl Roth Theatre (former Union Square Savings Bank) at 20 Union Square East, a city landmark Zeckendorf Towers at 1 Union Square East, a condominium complex on the former site of the bargain-priced department store S. Klein One Union Square South (Davis Brody Bond, 1999), features a kinetic wall sculpture and digital clock expelling bursts of steam, titled Metronome. In addition, the Consolidated Edison Building is located one block east of the Zeckendorf Towers. The Century Association clubhouse is located on 15th Street between Irving Place and Union Square East. Art and sculpture Union Square is noted for its impressive equestrian statue of U.S. President George Washington, modeled by Henry Kirke Brown and unveiled in 1856. Located at the south end of the park, it was the first public sculpture erected in New York City since the equestrian statue of George III in 1770, and the first American equestrian sculpture cast in bronze. The Marquis de Lafayette, at Union Square East and 16th Street, was modeled by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi and dedicated in 1876, the 100th anniversary of U.S. independence. The statue