The Embarcadero prepares for new years.
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Films will play behind the bands.
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Lights set up in case the power fails.
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Some prefer to watch from a sailboat.
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Buildings fenced of in case of riots.
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No parking signs everywhere in South Beach.
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Building boarded up in case of riots.
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Special taxi stands set up.
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Even Union Square was fenced off.
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Folks going home on BART.
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Price gouging is everywhere.
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Night starts to fall in the City.
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Night falls at the Ferry Building.
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The illuminati on bikes.
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Bands play under a weird red Ferry Building.
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People listen to the bands and wait for the fireworks.
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Fireworks light up the evening.
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Fireworks illuminate the Ferry Building.
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Fireworks obscure the Ferry Building.
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Fireworks over the bay.
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Fireworks by the Bay Bridge.
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Searchlights punch through the smoke surrounding the Ferry Building.
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A flower-like burst over the bay.
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A huge burst over the bay.
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The finale over the Ferry Building.
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Finally with the bay bridge in the background.
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Fireworks reflected in windows, very Harry Potteresque.
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Laser lights playing over the buldings.
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The morning after.
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Coaster on the morning after.
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The band stand starts to come down.
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Two workers disassembing the scaffolding.
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Men cleaning up the previous night's mess.
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Scate boarders at play.
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Bicycles and gulls on the dock.
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Fishermen with the Bay Bridge in the background.
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The city not long after.
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The city looking back from the dock.
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