FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Downtown Fort Lauderdale celebrated New Year’s Eve with the drop of The Anchor, a 20-foot-tall sculpture weighing about 800 pounds, at Southwest Second Street and Fifth Avenue.
The city’s Parks and Recreation team planned to have the Kids’ Zone up by 4:40 p.m. The area had bounce houses, inflatables, and face painting.
The city’s team also planned to have the lighting of The Anchor and a drone show starting at 6:55 p.m. DJ Echo Slim then took over the party from 7:15 to 11:45 p.m.
After the countdown and the drop, Phillip Phillips, a pop-rock singer-songwriter who rose to fame after winning the eleventh season of American Idol, took over the stage.
Earlier report from Fort Lauderdale
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