The First Midnight Ball

December 31, 1907, and the first ball comes down its flagpole over Times Square in a coat of light bulbs. Every countdown you ever screamed started here

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Number	2797
Era	ERA IX · The Bloom
Family	Citizens
Borough	Manhattan
Location	Times Square · Midtown
States	1 finished state

Part of NEW YORKERS by MLow, a painted census of New York City: 7,541 characters across 19 eras. Read the history of the places or spin into a room of the museum.