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The Peach Drop is a New Year's Eve event held in Atlanta, Georgia.Traditionally held in Underground Atlanta, the event features the lowering of a large peach sculpture down a 138 feet (42 m) tower, symbolizing Georgia's identity as the "Peach State".
On New Year's Eve, many localities in the United States and elsewhere mark the beginning of a new year through the raising or lowering of an object.Many of these events are patterned on festivities that have been held at New York City's Times Square since 1908, where a large crystal ball is lowered down a pole atop One Times Square (beginning its descent at 11:59:00 p.m. Eastern Time, and ...
In travel news this week: We’ve marveled at the New Year’s Eve fireworks. We’ve eaten the New Year’s Day food. And now we’re ready for a whole new set of explorations in 2025, including ...
Despite the Peach Drop getting dropped from Atlanta's lineup of New Year's Eve parties, at least 2,000 partygoers still flocked to Underground Atlanta to ring in 2024 with a new event: Atlanta ...
In 2007, the still-new name was dropped in favor of "Macy's Great Tree", after all Rich's stores became Macy's, eliminating the retailer after 140 years. The only visible reminders of Rich's are the Great Tree, and the façade of the original (1924) part of the Rich's building, now attached to the Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Building via another ...
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New Year’s Eve in Taipei, the capital city of the island of Taiwan, is a masterpiece of visual spectacle.The city’s tallest building, Taipei 101, is the launching pad for the vibrant, vertical ...
Streets are decorated for New Year's Eve and there is a fireworks show and concerts in all the larger cities. Restaurants, clubs, cafes and hotels are usually full of guests and they organize New Year's Eve parties. In the capital Sarajevo, Bosnians gather in the Square of children of Sarajevo where a local rock band entertains them. Several ...