NEW YORK CITY — Locals may keep their distance, but the Big Apple’s New Year’s Eve ball drop is as popular as ever.
In 1969, Jimmy Glenn opened his bar, Jimmy’s Corner, half a block from the cacophony of Times Square
“I liked the spot,” Glenn says. “I had a gym on 42nd street, Times Square Boxing Club, and I happened to be walking round the block and see this place. I called the landlord and they said come on up and they rented it to me. And here I am, 45 years later.”
The dive bar — a very long, very narrow room on 44th St. with $3 pints of beer and framed photographs of boxers — fills up quickly on a normal night. On New Year’s Eve, getting in is practically impossible. But it’s different now than it used to be. Read more…
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