'64 I-World Fair Fair icon yabuyiselwa kubuqaqawuli bokuqala
I-Unisphere yinto enhle, i-globe yensimbi ehlala e- Flushing Meadows-Corona Park eQueens, eNew York , ebonakalayo yinto engumqondiso wee Queens . Kuyinto eyaziwayo ephakathi kweQueens kwaye ibonakala kubaqhubi kwi-Long Island Expressway, iGrand Central Parkway, kunye neVan Wyck Expressway, kunye nabagibeli beenqwelo-moya abafikayo bephuma kwii-airports zaseLaGuardia kunye ne-JFK. I-Unisphere iyisimboli esona sigqityiweyo sebhunga kunye nenye yezona zigulo ezinkulu.
Ngowe-1964 I-World Fair Symbol
I-Unisphere yafumana i-perch yayo eQueens kwi-Fair World ye-1964. I-US Steel Corporation yayiyilwe njengophawu loxolo lwehlabathi kwaye ibonakalisa umxholo we-World Fair Fair, "Uxolo Ngokuqonda." Ukususela ngoko i-Unisphere iye yamkela iindwendwe, abadlali bebhola, iimyuziyam kunye neendwendwe-mdlalo, Abadlali bezilwanyana kunye nabantu baseQueens, eNew York.
I-Unisphere, eyenzelwe ngumqambi owaziwayo waseGilmore Clarke, yenziwe ngensimbi engenasici kwaye ibe ngamamitha angama-140 ubude kwaye ubude bayo buikubhite ezili-120. It weighs 900,000 pounds. Ekubeni amazwekazi awona maqhekeza awona mfanekiso wesinyithi wonke kwaye ayengasasazwa ngokufanayo, i-Unisphere iyona nto inzima. Ophezulu kakhulu. Yayilungiswa ngokucophelela ukuba ilandele i-mass balance. Iqula kunye nemithombo iyakujikeleza i-Unisphere, ikunike ukukhohlakala kwehlabathi, kwaye ilala ebusuku ngenxa yempembelelo emangalisayo.
I-Unisphere ibanjwe ukunganyaniseki kwiminyaka, njengoko kwenza iPrushing Meadows-Corona Park, kwaye ngowe-1970 bobabini babonisa iimpawu ezibalulekileyo zokonakalisa.
Ngo-1989, isicwangciso seminyaka eli-15 saqala ukulungiswa ipaki kunye ne-Unisphere ukuya kwiNkcazo yaBahlali be-World, kwaye ngo-1994 iziphumo ezibukhali ziqaliswe ngokuvulwa kwakhona kwepaki. Ihlabathi liye lalungiswa kwaye lihlambulukile. Iqula kunye nemithombo eyayijikelezile yabuyiselwa kwaye iiproje ezongezelelweyo zongezwa emithonjeni.
Ukuhlaziywa kwezinto ezintsha kutshabalalisa ulondolozo lwalolu hlobo lwezithonjana, olukhethwe yiSixeko seMpawu ngo-1995.
Umbono we-Unisphere
Enye yeembono eziphambili ze-Unisphere zivela kuVan Wyck ukuhamba ngezantsi. Uza kubona i-Manhattan skyline emva kwe-Unisphere, kwaye ukuba uchitha ixesha elifanelekileyo, ukushona kwelanga kuya kutshabalalisa i-vista. Ngokuqinisekileyo, ufumana iimbono ezikufutshane epakini, kodwa ezona zimangalisa zivela kwizitrato ezisecaleni zoFlushing, entshonalanga yeSitalato ePhezulu.
Indawo
I-Unisphere ingaphezu kweentaba zensimbi ezithandekayo ngaphezu kwePlushing Meadows Park ; yindawo enhle yokuba abahlali baseQueens bahambe, indawo yokuhlangana yabahlobo kunye ne-Hangout yabalingisi be-teenager. I-Unisphere yenza ipaki engavamile. Siyisikhumbuzo sokuthi ihlabathi lihlala kwi-borough: Abantu baseQueens bavela kwiindawo ezininzi-ukusuka e-Albania ukuya eZimbabwe-kunabanye abantu emhlabeni. U-Unisphere usekhaya kwikomkhulu elihlala likhaya kude nekhaya ngenani labahlali balo.