rigging for New Years eve ball installed

NYP98121801- 18 DECEMBER 1998 -NEW YORK , NEW YORK , USA: Bobby Bombardiere who works for Landmark Signs scales the 77 foot tall flag pole on top of 1 Times Square, December 18th, to install the rigging for the famous New Years Eve ball which will decend on December 31st to light the sign for the year 1999. ep/Ezio Petersen UPI