'64 I-World's Fair icon yabuyiselwa enkazimulweni yangaphambili
I-Unisphere i-globe steel globe enhle, ehlala eFillushing Meadows-Corona Park eQueens, eNew York , eyisibonakaliso kangangokuthi ibe uphawu lweQueens . Kuyinto edumile emehlweni enkabeni yeQueens futhi kubonakala kubashayeli be-Long Island Expressway, i-Grand Central Parkway, neVan Wyck Expressway, kanye nabagibeli bezindiza befika behamba bevela ezindiza zezindiza zaseLaGuardia naseJFK. I-Unisphere iyisibonakaliso esihle kunazo zonke yesigodi futhi sinye yezimbulunga ezinkulu kakhulu ezenziwe.
1964 I-Fair Symbol Yezwe
I-Unisphere ithole i-perch yayo eQueens ngo-1964 Fair World. I-US Steel Corporation yakhele njengophawu lokuthula komhlaba futhi ibonisa isihloko se-World's Fair, esithi "Ukuthula Ngokuqonda." Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi i-Unisphere yamukele izivakashi, abadlali bebhola, imyuziyamu- nendawo yokudlala, abalandeli bamaMets kanye nabantu baseQueens, eNew York.
I-Unisphere, eyenzelwe umklami owaziwayo we-landscape uGilmore Clarke, yenziwe ngensimbi engagqwali futhi ingamamitha angu-140 ubude futhi ububanzi bayo buyizingalo ezingu-120. It isisindo 900,000 amapounds. Kusukela amazwekazi yizingxenye ezimbi kunazo zonke zesikhumba sonke-zensimbi futhi azange zisatshalaliswe ngendlela efanayo, i-Unisphere iyinzima kakhulu. Isisindo esikhulu kakhulu. Yenzelwe ngokucophelela ukuba ilandele ubuningi obungalingani. Ichibi kanye nemithombo iyakuzungezela i-Unisphere, ikunikeze iphutha lokusuka phansi, futhi ilanga ebusuku ukuze kube nomthelela omkhulu.
I-Unisphere yahlushwa ukunganaki eminyakeni, njengoba kwenza Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, futhi ngawo-1970 bobabili babonisa izimpawu eziphawulekayo zokulimala.
Ngo-1989, uhlelo lweminyaka engu-15 lwaqala ukuvuselela ipaki kanye ne-Unisphere eya eNkazimulweni Yakhe Yomhlaba, futhi ngo-1994 imiphumela emihle yatholwa ngokuvulwa kabusha kwepaki. I-globe ngokwayo yalungiswa futhi ihlanzwa. Ichibi kanye nemithombo eyayizungezile zabuyiselwa futhi izimpukane ezengeziwe zifakwe emithonjeni.
Ukuhlelwa kwezinto ezintsha kwaqeda ukulondolozwa kwalesi sakhiwo sokwazisa, okwakhiwa i-City Landmark ngo-1995.
Ukubukwa kwe-Unisphere
Omunye wemibono emihle ye-Unisphere ivela eVan Wyck ehamba eningizimu. Uzobona isibhakabhaka saseManhattan ngemuva kwe-Unisphere, futhi uma uhlala isikhathi esifanele, ukushona kwelanga kuzokwenzela i-vista. Yiqiniso, uthola imibono esiseduze epaki, kodwa okumangalisa kakhulu kuvela emigwaqweni yecala laseFrushing, entshonalanga ye Main Street.
Indawo Yodwa
I-Unisphere ingaphezu nje kwentaba yensimbi enhle kakhulu ngaphezu kwePlushing Meadows Park ; kuyindawo enhle yabasekhaya be-Queens ukuhamba, indawo yokuhlangana yabangani ne-hangout yama-skaters asebasha. I-Unisphere yenza ipaki engavamile. Kuyisikhumbuzo sokuthi umhlaba uhlala emzaneni: Abantu baseQueens bavela ezindaweni eziningi - kusukela e-Albania kuya eZimbabwe - kunanoma yikuphi okunye emhlabeni. I-Unisphere isendaweni edolobheni elivame ukuba ikhaya elihlala ekhaya labahlali balo.