New Year's Eve ship-puzzles " a play within a

" a play within a play

was built in just 284 days at cost of $2

the Flatiron is a functioning office building and a favorite tourist photo stop

Called "The American Genie of the (Electric) Lamp" by The Times

These skaters were their own silent partners on a wintery afternoon

New Year's Eve ship-puzzles " a play within aTimes photographer Chester Higgins Jr. captured technicians in 1978, eyeing a new and improved ball that would soon descend during the annual New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square. No big deal, but in 1907, The Times invented the Times Square ball drop. "The descent of an electric ball will mark the arrival of 1908 tonight," read a short item in the newspaper on December 31 of that year. The original ball was five feet in diameter. Its light came