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NYPD Saves the Day After a Proposal Disaster

By Alejandro de la Garza

#MeToo Creator Tarana Burke Will Lead NYC Ball Drop

By Casey Quackenbush

The Incredible Secrets of New York's Times Square

By Laura Itzkowitz / Travel + Leisure

Olive Garden is Charging $400 a Person for New Year's Eve

By Alexandra Sifferlin
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How the Times Square New Year's Eve Tradition Began

The first ball was dropped in 1907

By Anne Most and Joyce Lee

Why One Woman Poses Topless in Times Square

“I’m having fun and making good money. You can’t beat that"

By Tanya Basu

Minnie Mouse and Hello Kitty Fight in Times Square

The latest incident in cartoon characters behaving badly

By Josh Sanburn

See New Yorkers Dwarfed by Huge Advertisements

These giant ads make the city look like a movie set

By Richard Conway

The Times Square Ball Drop From Above

Of all of the views in Times Square, this was the one to beat

By TIME Staff

Having a Ball: See Photos of the Times Square New Year's Ball Through History

10, 9, 8...

By TIME Photo and Lily Rothman

See the 2015 Times Square New Years Eve Ball in One GIF

The 11,875-pound ball is covered in 2,688 Waterford Crystal triangles

By TIME Photo

NYC Rapper Bobby Shmurda Arrested

He was picked up while outside a recording studio on Seventh Avenue

By Rishi Iyengar

Google Takes Over North America's Biggest Digital Billboard

And it's even higher-res than 4K displays

By Victor Luckerson

Unforgettable Eisenstaedt: 22 Amazing Photos by a Master

Alfred Eisenstaedt (1898–1995), the man behind some of the most memorable pictures of the 20th century, was a professional photographer for almost 70 years. He started working in photography in Weimar Germany in the 1920s....

By Ben Cosgrove

2 Men Dressed as Superheroes Fight Heckler in Times Square

Batman and Spider-Man teamed up take down the ultimate villain: a 23-year-old

By Nolan Feeney

V-J Day, 1945: A Nation Lets Loose

Revisiting Alfred Eisenstaedt's storied photograph, 'V-J Day in Times Square,' and other wild celebrations around the U.S.

By Ben Cosgrove

17 Memorable Kisses Throughout History

Smooches to remember in time for Valentine's Day

By Olivia B. Waxman

Controversial Billboard Depicting U.S. Soldier and Muslim Woman Hits Times Square

The ad brought both anger and praise in other parts of the country

By Madison Gray

James Dean in the Rain: The Iconic Photo of Hollywood's Most Enigmatic Star

Dennis Stock's 1955 photo of James Dean in Times Square is a portrait of hope: a young, creative and (yes) rebellious spirit in the big city, pursuing a dream.

By Ben Cosgrove

Beautiful Enigma: LIFE With James Dean

LIFE.com remembers the too-short life and brilliant, violently truncated career of James Dean, through classic photographs by Dennis Stock.

By Ben Cosgrove
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