The last of the crystal triangles that make up this year's Times Square New Year's Eve ball were installed on Friday morning, marking the first time in 10 years that all 2,688 were replaced at once.

A New Year’s Eve ball was first dropped in Times Square in 1907. Built by a young immigrant metalworker named Jacob Starr, the 700-pound (318-kilogram), 5-foot (1.52-meter) diameter ball was made of ...

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TIMES SQUARE, Manhattan (WABC) -- Preparations continue for New Year's Eve, as workers Wednesday installed 288 crystal triangles on the ball that will drop in Times Square to ring in 2018. The ...