The first Times Square ball drop was a rousing, if messy, success. Crowds “began pouring” out of the subway station the night of December 31, the Times wrote, reporting, perhaps with ...
It has been said that over a million people gather in New York City to watch the iconic Crystal Ball Drop in Times Square and over ... than it does today. The first Ball was made of iron and ...
Workers prepare the 180 halogen lamps and 144 Xenon glitter strobes on the 500 pound Times Square New Year ball in 1997. A lot has changed since that first ball drop, including the ball itself.
The ball drop has been a New York City tradition ... "to find a new light display," PBS reported. The first Times Square ball dropped in 1907 to ring in 1908 and was made of iron and wood.
pole atop the One Times Square skyscraper. Recommended Videos Monday's rehearsal was just one of many pre-ball drop promotional events: On Sunday, fistfuls of confetti were flung toward crowds in ...