FIRST LOOK: The New Times Square New Years Eve Ball 🪩✨ There’s a brand-new Times Square New Year’s Eve Ball — and she’s sparkling brighter than ever. ✨ Today Times Square held a special ceremony as the new Ball rose up the 139-foot pole for the first time. What do you think of the new design? Fun facts about the new NYE Ball: • Covered in 5,280 Waterford crystals — nearly double the last one • Features circular crystals for the first time ever • Crystals come in 3 sizes (1.5”, 3”, 4”), each wit

Since 1907, One Times Square has served as the centerpiece of the New Year’s Eve Ball Drop Celebration, a global moment that is now watched by millions each year. Originally built as the headquarters for the New York Times in 1904, this iconic property in the center of Times Square is transforming into a year-round destination with new experiential attractions as part of a $550 million redevelopment by Jamestown, a global real estate investment and management company and the building’s owner and

Restored footage from 1905 of a panorama of New York City from One Times Square. Footage taken by pioneering cinematographer Wallace McCutcheon on April 11th for the American Mutoscope & Biograph Co. Footage frame rate increased, upscaled and “colorized” by HistoryColored using AI technology. Footage originally from: Panorama from Times Building, New York, Library of Congress #history #newyorkcity #usa #nyc #timessquare #restored #historicalfootage | History in Color

Restored footage from 1905 of a panorama of New York City from One Times Square. Footage taken by pioneering cinematographer Wallace McCutcheon on April 11th for the American Mutoscope & Biograph Co. Footage frame rate increased, upscaled and “colorized” by HistoryColored using AI technology. Footage originally from: Panorama from Times Building, New York, Library of Congress #history #newyorkcity #usa #nyc #timessquare #restored #historicalfootage | History in Color