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Just last week glass fell from the Bank of America building at 6th Avenue and 42nd Street, and about a block away at 2:15 p.m. today the same thing has occurred. From the building where the annual New Year's Eve ball drop takes place, 1 Times Square, it's being reported that "A WINDOW HAS FALLEN FROM A 10TH FLOOR WINDOW. GLASS IS ALL OVER THE ROADWAY AND A LARGE CHUNK OF GLASS IS STILL ON THE BLDG READY TO FALL." Officers are currently on hand clearing away traffic and pedestrians, and as of 3 p.m. the Emergency Service Unit was in the building trying to get the remaining glass. They have warned "GLASS MAY COME DOWN DUE TO THEM BREAKING THRU THE WALL." It's not a very good day for Times Square, earlier a cab crashed into some pedestrians.

Tonight at 11:59 pm, all eyes will be on the illuminated Waterford crystal ball that takes sixty seconds to descend, announcing a new year. It's an annual ritual shared by more people than could possibly pack into Times Square since the advent of television, and what is often overlooked or unnoticed is the building that the illuminated sphere is perched upon. 1 Times Square was the eponymous address of the crossroads of the world. The New York Times was written there and printing presses churned out issues from the basement.

The 26-year-old Yale graduate who walked around Times Square naked on Thursday spoke to the NY Post, which made him its cover boy, about his experience. Josh Drimmer denied that it was a stunt and said - from his hospital bed at Bellevue - "It was an extreme panic attack brought on by days of not sleeping...I'm all right. Tell everyone I'm OK. I had a bad day."