![back side of the Times Square New Year's Eve ball, Manhattan, NYC](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_tuFnG-ztt3pKodk2qqWGcUsu1xqDPH0qf8f1wT9cEBoYQLpbJTx2sAAi72Bpolb514u-zZiDxatlH6omZTpw20daFRj2LzdLGrXLe-v6G0WLEOyji1EtM9gVHKKUCSA1uOOw=s0-d)
In previous years, I don't remember The Powers That Be leaving The Times Square New Year's Eve Ball visible throughout the year. Here we see it atop One Times Square in Manhattan during a beautiful late afternoon, from Broadway between 43rd and 42nd.