![]() Later celebrations in Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, Anchorage, Honolulu and elsewhere marked the march of midnight across the U.S. In addition to the estimated one million revelers stood under the lights of Times Square last night, millions more watched live on television as 2019 came to a close.Ī deafening cheer rose from the crowd as the dazzling 12-foot diameter ball covered in 2,688 Waterford Crystal triangles finished its descent at the stroke of midnight, marking the start of the new year on the East Coast.Ĭonfetti plow: A sanitation truck drives up and down Broadway clearing the roads of colorful ticker tape More than 200 sanitation officials worked through the early hours to rid the streets of millions of pieces of confetti, trash, and discarded novelty New Years themed items, including 2020 glasses and 'Happy New Year' top hats.ĭespite the mammoth undertaking, by Wednesday morning much of the scene appeared back to normal, with the roads cleared and traffic flowing back through Broadway as if the pandemonium of hours before never occurred. Just hours after a million people crammed into Times Square to watch the New York's iconic ball drop signal the beginning of a new decade, efforts to clean up the colorful aftermath were near completion. ![]()
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