All set in the New York Times Square to welcome to 2012

The flagship New York Times Square, plaza where each year more than one million people celebrated new year's Eve is ready today to welcome to 2012 having noted yesterday that the mechanism of decrease in the area that marks the entry into the new year works to perfection.

Traditional illuminated crystal ball dropped at midday the 24 metres mast installed on top of one Times Square, which was for decades home to the renowned newspaper The New York Times and which was named the New York plaza building.

To make the 2359 Saturday local time, the field made yesterday that journey in sixty seconds, as it has done since 1907, when began this peculiar tradition.

The famous multi-color field, which weighs more than five tonnes, is composed of 2,688 triangles of glass designed by the firm Waterford Crystal, which this year has included a new u000adesign for 288 of these crystals under the name of "Let There Be Friendship" (for friendship, in Spanish), with an engraving of people by the hand around the world.

In addition to finalize preparations for what will be protagonist of the New York City, new year's Eve the city authorities also lists already have elevated security measures that characterise each year such celebrations in the heart of Manhattan.

The vicinity of the square have been sealed by security fences and the New York City police will deploy a total of 1,500 of its agents to monitor the area, although the Chief of police, Raymond Kelly has assured us that there are no threats credible for the new year's Eve.

Kelly explained yesterday that a number of helicopters will watch an area of 200 blocks of streets around Times Square, while, as usually happens each year, in the square will be crawlers dogs, police on horseback and patrols in other areas in the u000acelebrated new year's Eve New York, as Central Park.

The organizers of a celebration of new year's Eve more known in the world have also prepared the ton of confetti to be launched into the air to give welcome to 2012, as well as the balloons, inflatables and sweet balls divided today in the square.

This year will be the famous singer Lady Gaga responsible for pressing the button that activates the decline in the last minute of the year of the iconic ball of glass, and also part of the long list of artists that enrich the afternoon and evening in Times Square.

Among them will be the phenomenon of the teen pop, Justin Bieber, singer and producer of Cuban origin Pitbull and Argentine singer Diego Torres, all of which are actions that will be live by television American.

In addition, out of Times Square, other big names in music as the Veteran rocker Chuck Berry or u000athe "Godmother of punk" Patti Smith will perform in new New York this year, as well as the Spanish tenor Plácido Domingo, who will participate in a representation of "Enchanted island" in the Metropolitan Opera House in the Big Apple. EFE

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