12/16 |
The room was reserved.
CROWNE PLAZA MANHATTAN
1605 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, NY 10019
1-212-977-4000
It is located on 48th st. and 49th st. Broadway West. |
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12/31 17:00 |
Checked in. People were gathering on Broadway. The blue crosses were prepared but not bounded.
We went out of the hotel after check in. |
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12/31 19:20 |
Came back to the hotel. The traffic was not stopped yet, but a room key was requested at the lobby in the hotel. |
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12/31 22:00 |
Went out again. Broadway was bounded with blue cross lines and all of traffic was restricted. People were waiting in the bounded area.
I could not go along Broadway and went through 8th Ave. |
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12/31 23:00 |
A room key was requested by police officers to cross the bound inside of 8th Ave. It was requested at the lobby again. |
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12/31 23:40 |
Go to COUNT DOWN. Some were already excited in the elevator. It was crowded in the bounded area and we could only join to the group in front of the hotel.
We could look at the signboard of count down even if it was very small. |

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12/31 23:50 |
Count down in every minute started. Everyone shouted every minute. |

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12/31 23:59 |
Count down started by second. |
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1/1 00:00 |
Happy New Year! Watch your head! Beer and champagne were falling. |

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1/1 00:10 |
Advanced to Times Square. Confetti, broken beer bottles, champagne bottles were and scattered. Everyone said 'A happy new year' in exciting. |


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1/1 00:20 |
Came back to the hotel. Most of guests rushed to the entrance on Broadway and we entered to the other entrance on 49th st. |
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1/1 12:00 |
Checked out. The streets were cleaned up completely. Everything seemed to be a dream except confetti still blown up. |
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