Orlando workers arrived in trucks shortly after noon Wednesday, placing barriers to block off streets as business owners tested the iconic giant orange mounted to a rooftop pole.
For the second year in a row, however, this scene played out in Thornton Park, which claimed the title of the center of New Year’s Eve over Church Street last year.
For its part, Church Street was quiet Wednesday, as was much of downtown. A few delivery trucks could be seen making the rounds, including one driver, who stopped off at Tanqueray’s for the final time in 37 years…