Located Placing on the roof of One Times Square , the ball is a prominent part of a New Year 's Eve celebration in Times Square commonly referred Adducing to as the ball drop , where the ball descends in 60 seconds down a specially designed Create_artwork flagpole , beginning Process_start at 11:59:00 p.m .

Located Placing in the Willamette Valley , the site Placing is about west of Eugene along the Long Tom River near the unincorporated community of Elmira .

Located Placing in Highland Park , Illinois , the festival operates Being_in_operation on the grounds of the 36 acre ( 150,000 m² ) Ravinia Park , with a variety of outdoor and indoor performing arts facilities .

Located Placing near the Lesser Antilles , the outer bands of Faith produced Manufacturing gale force winds in the region , especially Puerto Rico , the Virgin Islands , and Antigua .

Located Placing within a favorable environment , Estelle intensified Cause_change_of_strength into a hurricane Catastrophe on July 18 .

Located in a favorable environment for strengthening , the storm quickly intensified Cause_change_of_strength into a Category 2 hurricane before striking the western part of Cuba on August 15 .