So .. it's been raining all day.

Had to go to the Garment District to get some ribbons for a custom order.

Interior view of Times Square shopping mall. (Seoul, South Korea)

New York City snapshot

Times Square New Years Eve Ball Drop in New York City 2016 - 2017

New Year’s Eve Ball History

The first New Year’s Eve Ball lowering celebration atop One Times Square was in 1907. This proud tradition is now a universal symbol of the New Year. The New Year’s Eve Ball is the property of the building owners of One Times Square. The first Times Square New Year’s Eve celebration was held in 1904.

The Ball is covered with a total of 2,688 Waterford Crystal triangles. The House of Waterford Crystal factory is located in Waterford, The Republic of Ireland

The Ball is 12 feet in diameter, and weighs 11,875 pounds.

As the famous New Year's Eve Ball descends atop One Times Square, an estimated one million people in Times Square, millions nationwide and over a billion watching throughout the world are united in bidding a collective farewell to the departing year, and expressing joy and hope for the year ahead.

“Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest”

Performers of the 2016 - 2017

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Event Host Allison Hagendorf (Live Announcer of the MTV Video Music Awards VMA's and MTV Movie Awards)

The Sino-American Friendship Association (“SAFA”) presents a spectacular Chinese cultural performance

Hourly Countdown with Anderson Cooper

Univision’s “¡Feliz 2017!: Performance by Luis Coronel (Luis Miguel Coronel Gámez) regional Mexican singer

Jojo Abot

Rachel Platten

Gloria Estefan - Cuba Latin Pop singer

The USO Show Troupe Performance

Waterford Crystal Toast

Gavin Degraw

DNCE with Joe Jonas from the Jonas Brothers

Univision’s “¡Feliz 2017!: Performance by Lupillo Rivera (Guadalupe Rivera Saavedra) Regional Mexican singer from Jalisco México

Thomas Rhett

Silentó

Univision’s ¡Feliz 2017!: Performance by Don Omar aka El Rey (William Omar Landrón Rivera) Puerto Rican Reggaeton singer from Carolina, Puerto Rico

Performing medley of Danza Kuduro, Zumba, Hasta Que Salga El Sol and Te Quiero Pa´ Mi on the Planet Fitness Stage.

First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama Video Message

Mariah Carey

performing medley of Auld Lang Syne, Emotions and We Belong Together on the Countdown Stage.

Rachel Platten performs John Lennon’s Imagine

11:59 p.m.

The Sixty-Second Countdown

The Mayor of New York City Bill de Blasio joined by Times Square 2017 Special Guest United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon push the Waterford crystal button that signals the descent of the New Year’s Eve Ball, and lead the final sixty-second countdown to the New Year on the Countdown Stage.

The Times Square New Year’s Eve Ball

The lighted Ball descends 70 feet in sixty seconds. The Ball is a geodesic sphere, twelve feet in diameter, weighing 11,875 pounds. The Ball is covered with 2,688 Waterford crystal triangles and lit by 32,256 Philips Luxeon Rebel LEDs.

12:00 a.m. -- New Year's Day

2017 Sign

At the stroke of Midnight, the lights on the New Year’s Eve Ball are turned off as the numerals of the New Year “2017” burst to life shining high above Times Square.

HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!!

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Time Square Theater District, Manhattan Island, New York City, New York State, The United States of America USA, North America continent

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Broadway pedestrian sitting area, Times Square, New York City. Now the sitting area has been updated to have a new surface on the road, new chairs, tables, umbrellas, benches and potted planters. This picture is of the initial set up with just lawn chairs.

Times Square, New York

the one day of the year when you can walk through the middle of time square

One of the Times Square McDonalds. Like the rest of Times Square, this place is covered with flashy neon signs

My Set arrived today and I had to cut the brunette ;-).

New York City's Time Square named after the Newspaper which once had a building there. Times square is the meeting place of people visiting New York City.

This photo represents how times change , the older generation did not have electric scooters, they had bicycles. The younger generation now has scooters. I guess i focused on the girl riding her scooter cause i am a member of the younger generation.

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a photo looking west from Broadway

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Times Square has achieved the status of an iconic world landmark and has become a symbol of its city. Times Square is principally defined by its animated, digital advertisements.

I remember taking this photo from inside of my hotel room. I love how Times Square looks at night!

This photo was taken with a Canon EOS Rebel XS and a 18-55mm lens.

The changing times are apparent below the cab window of this Santa Fe Warbonnet leading an eastbound intermodal train past the Metra station in Riverside, Illinois. The unit may wear Santa Fe colors and markings but the BNSF initials signal a new era. (Scanned from a slide)

A busy night at Times Square.

Day 1 in NYC!

Times Square! Michele claimed she hated it, but I thought it was pretty sweet. :-) I guess we were there when it wasn't super packed (although there were tons of people around no matter where we went or when we went there).

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This picture was taken during my third visit to New York in april 2004.

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Good day. i went and saw the USS Iwo Jima in new york city.

Then stopped in Times square with my boyfriend.

Im a Junior in highschool now woop wooop;D

Just gotta take 2 regents, new york is a stupid state.

I feel like bringing flickr back to life like last summer, aye?:)

The density of illuminated signs in Times Square now rivals that of Las Vegas. Officially, signs in Times Square are called "spectaculars", and the largest of them are called "jumbotrons."

Another stereographic projection- half tube, half planet.

Day 1 in NYC!

Times Square! Michele claimed she hated it, but I thought it was pretty sweet. :-) I guess we were there when it wasn't super packed (although there were tons of people around no matter where we went or when we went there).

Sony WX350

One Times Square, preparing for the 2011 New Year ball drop.

San Giovanni Fuorcivitas was built outside the city walls (= Fuorcivitas) during Lombard times. In 1119 Bishop Hildebrand of Pistoia notes down, that the church is "nearly in ruins", so soon after the building process started for the church seen here. The works were finally completed in 1344 when the church got enlarged by two bays.

It may be, that Gruamonte was the first architect here. He may have created the green/white pattern of the wall, typical of other buildings in Pistoia and probably inspired by the buildings in Pisa.

A young couple waiting to meet friends in front of San Giovanni´s main portal.

Easter weekend at Moreton Island, anchored with s/v Ceilydh and m/v Oso Blanco

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New York City snapshot

In Times Square

View of the northern part of Times Square.

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Times Square is a major commercial intersection in Midtown Manhattan at the junction of Broadway and Seventh Avenue and stretching from West 42nd to West 47th Streets.

Iconified as the "Crossroads of the World", it is the brightly illuminated hub of the Broadway theatre district, one of the world's busiest pedestrian intersections, and a major centre of the world's entertainment industry.

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Blick vom Hard Rock Cafe auf den Times Square