Lightings in NYC - UNICEF Snowflake

Suspended at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and 57th Street, the UNICEF Snowflake is held in place by four of New York's most highly known establishments: Tiffany & Co., Louis Vuitton, Bergdorf Goodman and The Crown Building. This twenty-one year old tradition received a facelift last year with introduction of a new snowflake presented by Baccarat Crystal.

Designed and handcrafted by Ingo Maurer in Germany the snowflake incorporates 16,000 Baccarat crystal prisms. Twenty-three feet wide and twenty-eight feet tall, this magnificent structure weighs in at over three thousand pounds and serves as a beam of hope for needy children around the world.