The Uniphere: Shiny Symbol of Queens

'64 World's Fair icon yakadzorerwa kuimbova kubwinya

The Unisphere iri rakanaka, guru resimbi yenyika inogara kuFloring Meadows-Corona Park muQueens, New York , saka inoratidza kuti yava chiratidzo cheQueens . Icho chinhu chinozivikanwa chinowanikwa pakati peQueens uye chinoonekwa kune vanodhairi veLong Island Expressway, Grand Central Parkway, neVan Wyck Expressway, uyewo kutumira vatasvi vasvika vachibva kuLaGuardia neJFK. The Unisphere ndiyo chiratidzo chakanakisisa chebato uye chimwe chezvisikwa zvakakura zvakasikwa.

1964 Nyika Yakanaka Chiratidzo

The Uniphere yakawana nzvimbo yayo muQueens nokuda kweHurumende yeNyika ya1964. IAmerican Steel Corporation yakaiita sechiratidzo chekugara kwenyika uye yakaratidza musoro weChirongwa cheNyika, "Rugare Nokuziva." Kubvira panguva iyoyo, Unisphere yakagamuchira vaenzi, vatambi vematambo, musamu- nharaunda-vanoenda, Mets fans uye vanhu veQueens, New York.

The Unisphere, yakagadzirwa nemukurumbira wekugadzirisa maitiro Gilmore Clarke, yakagadzirwa nesimbi isina zvimbi uye yakareba mamita 140 uye yakareba mamita makumi maviri. Inorema 900 000 pounds. Sezvo makondinendi ari zvikamu zvakanyanya zvakanyanya zvezvigadzirwa zvose zvesimbi uye izvo hazvina kugoverwa zvakafanana, iU Unisphere inotyisa zvikuru. Zvakanyanya kumusoro zvakanyanya. Yakanga yakanyatsogadziriswa kuti iongorore maitiro asina kuenzana. Dziva nematsime zvakakomberedza Uniphere, zvichizvipa chinyararire chekukwira pasi, uye chakavhenekera usiku kuti zvive nemigumisiro inoshamisa.

The Unisphere yakabatwa nekuregererwa kwemakore, sezvakaitwa Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, uye nemakore ekuma1970 zvose zviri kuratidza zviratidzo zvikuru zvekuderera.

Muna 1989, chirongwa chegore remakore gumi nemashanu chakatanga kugadzirisa paki uye neUelikaphere kusvika kune yaimbova kubwinya kwenyika, uye muna 1994 zviitiko zvinoshamisa zvakatangwa nekuvhurazve kwepaki. Nyika yose yakagadzirwa uye yakanatswa. Dziva nematsime akaipoteredza zvakadzorerwa uye zvinowedzera mapiritsi akawedzerwa pamatsime.

Nzvimbo itsva yekugadzirisa nzvimbo yakabvisa kuchengetedzwa kwechiratidzo ichi, iyo yakasarudzwa yeGuta Landmark muna 1995.

Views of the Unisphere

Chimwe chezvakanakisisa maonero eU Unisphere zvinobva kuVan Wyck kutya kumaodzanyemba. Iwe uchaona Manhattan skyline shure kweUtherphere, uye kana iwe iwe nguva yakarurama, zuva rovira richazadza vista. Zvechokwadi, iwe unowana maonero ari pedyo nepaki, asi zvinoshamisa kupfuura zvose zvinobva kumativi emigwagwa eFlushing, kumadokero kweGreat Street.

Nzvimbo Iyo pachayo

The Unisphere inopfuura kungoti gomo resimbi rakanyanyisa kupenya pamusoro pePlushing Meadows Park ; iyo nzvimbo yakanaka yeQueens vekune imwe nzvimbo kuti vafambire, nzvimbo yemusangano yevamwe shamwari uye hangout yevechidiki zvemasikirwo. The Unisphere inoita kuti ipaki isashamisike. Icho chiyeuchidzo chokuti nyika inogara mumuganhu: Vanhu veQueens vanobva kune dzimwe nzvimbo - kubva kuAlbania kuenda kuZimbabwe - kudarika kumwe kune imwe nzvimbo panyika. The Unisphere iri pamba mumugwagwa iyo inowanzova musha kubva kumba kune vanoverengeka vayo.