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    The Unisphere is a spherical stainless steel representation of the Earth at Flushing MeadowsCorona Park in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York, U.S. The globe was designed by Gilmore D. Clarke for the 1964 New York World's Fair.

  2. May 24, 2024 · The Unisphere, an often overlooked New York City landmark, has a big history and just turned 60.

  3. Jun 26, 2019 · The Unisphere is a beautiful, giant steel globe that sits in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens, New York, so iconic that like the Queen of Corona, it has become the symbol of Queens.

  4. Jan 16, 2019 · The Unisphere is a stainless steel sculpture of the Earth, which was built for the 1964 World’s Fair in New York. This was one of the big draws of the fair, which is where the Brussels waffle was invented. The sphere is 140 feet high and 120 feet wide.

  5. Dell Unisphere is a web-based unified storage management layer for Dell PowerMax, Dell Unity and Dell Unity XT storage systems. It provides a simple, flexible, and integrated user experience.

  6. The Unisphere is a 140-foot-tall (43 m) stainless steel globe in Queens, New York City. It is in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. It was designed by landscape architect Gilmore D. Clarke. It is a symbol of the borough of Queens. The globe weighs 700,000 pounds (320,000 kg). This makes it the world's largest globe.

  7. Apr 22, 2017 · On April 22, 1964, New York opened its most space age World's Fair. The centerpiece was a 120-foot diameter sculpture called The Unisphere, the largest globe-style sculpture in the world.

  8. The Unisphere, located at the center of the radial pathways in the northern half of Flushing Meadows Corona Park, was commissioned for the New York World's Fair of 1964-65. Designed by landscape architect Gilmore D. Clarke (1892–1982) in aluminum with metallic mesh continents, the Unisphere was further refined in stainless steel by industrial ...

  9. Jun 12, 2024 · Discusses concepts of design behind the unisphere of the U.S. Steel Corporation, and its construction at the New York World's Fair.

  10. It is located at the Fountain of the Continents, near the center of the Fair. Seen from the edge of the pool, it shows the world as it appears from 6,000 miles in space. Highlights. THE STATISTICS. The Unisphere is the largest representation of the earth man has ever made.

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