From those first flakes to the streets completely disappearing under a blanket of snow, check out these three timelapse videos from Friday night.

Midtown Manhattan

Time lapse: Winter storm blasts into NYC

Watch a time lapse of the storm arriving into city from above

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National Mall in Washington, D.C.

Watch: National Mall fills with snow in seconds

Snow falls as the cameras of EarthCam.com capture the National Mall filling with snow in this time lapse video during a historic winter storm that hit the east coast Friday.

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Times Square

Watch as Times Square fills with snow in 45 seconds

Snow falls as the cameras of EarthCam.com capture Times Sqaure filling with snow in this time lapse video during a historic winter storm that hit the east coast Friday and Saturday.

Virginia

Blizzard of 2016 from Herndon, Va.

Blizzard of 2016 from Herndon, Va.

Tim Loehrke, Paste BN