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Times Square New Year's Eve photos A man gestures as people gather at Times Square to watch the ball drop on New Year's Eve in New York City, U.S., December 31, 2024.
The Times Square ball was once a 5-foot creation of iron and wood. ... and weighed 700 pounds, according to Times Square's website. In contrast, today's ball is made with crystal, measures 12 feet ...
He is best known as a fixture of Times Square in New York City, where he has appeared almost daily since September 1999. [8] He made an appearance in Donnybrook, Dublin , Ireland , on January 25, 2009, where he performed his theme song "I'm the Naked Cowboy" at a Leinster Rugby game before 18,000 spectators. [ 9 ]
Times Square, specifically the intersection of Broadway and 42nd Street, is the eastern terminus of the Lincoln Highway, the first road across the United States for motorized vehicles. [13] Times Square is sometimes referred to as "the Crossroads of the World" [14] and "the heart of the Great White Way". [15] [16] [17]
One Times Square (also known as 1475 Broadway, the New York Times Building, the New York Times Tower, the Allied Chemical Tower or simply as the Times Tower) is a 25-story, 363-foot-high (111 m) skyscraper on Times Square in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City.
Nanna Heitmann—Magnum Photos for TIME Former President Donald Trump stands with members of his family on the third day of the RNC at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wis. " The Chaos and Commotion ...
The rain stopped about a half-hour before the 11,875-pound ball, covered with 2,688 crystal triangles and 32,256 LEDs, dropped from One Times Square — a tradition dating back to 1907.
A press preview for the Times Square Information Center took place on September 1, 1998, and the center was opened to the public the next day. [31] The Times Square Information Center's inner lobby had restrooms, a currency exchange, and a booth selling memorabilia from the New York City government.