The Unisphere

It's the Eiffel Tower of Queens! Like the Eiffel Tower it was constructed for a World's Fair (1964).

If you are ever in Corona Park or Citi Field, it's worth stopping by to snap a selfie.

In the middle of the day in the middle of the week, there was almost no one around.

Great place to shoot, last time I was here was a few years ago. Doesn't feel like much has changed.

The Unisphere represent illustrates, symbolizes and embodies man's achievements on a shrinking globe in an expanding universe. I just know now even I have been living in New York for over decades.

I love going to the park that is in local resident area. Corona Park is big and has lot of history. Seems to have less people goes to visit. Very quiet and left me vibe of the Japanese manga "20th Century boys" If you are a fan of that cartoon, you will know what I'm talking about, LOL. So attractive and mystery.

When, I have friend or family visit me in NY. I prefer to take them there after complete checking point from Manhattan.

This structure is stunning. It was built for the World's Fair in 1964. It's truly remarkable that it was installed so many decades ago because it has a very modern, futuristic aesthetic. Sometimes it functions as a water fountain, but the water was off when I visited most recently at the end of July. Definitely recommend visiting at night to admire its grandeur in the moonlight.

They had the wayer spraying around the unisphere! Ithough it was closed off so I couldn't run around in the water. It was nice to feel the cool water in the air though it was a bit chilly in the mornin

Unless you count flying into LaGuardia, it's rather surprising how little I've explored Queens considering it's the largest of NYC's boroughs and second only to Brooklyn in population. I've been to Jackson Heights for a Colombian coffee shop and another time to the Museum of Moving Image, but that's it. So I convinced Jamie W. to take the 7-line almost to the end of the line at Willets Point where we saw what was once Shea Stadium but is now called Citi Field. Walking over the elevated boardwalk into the expansive Flushing Meadows Corona Park, we didn't know we were coming upon it since the trees camouflaged it.

But once beyond the foliage, you've gone back 55 years to the 1964 World's Fair. It's definitely a product of its time built by US Steel in stainless steel, of course, as a symbol of world peace. It's one of the largest globes ever made standing 140 feet high and 120 feet wide. It also weighs 900,000 pounds, a prime candidate for the Kaiser weight management program, and like Jayne Mansfield, another product of her time, quite top heavy as most of the land masses are in the Northern hemisphere. I believe most women wanted their land masses in their Northern hemisphere. Is it worth the trek to get there? Sure, especially for nostalgic baby boomers.

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Beautiful park, make sure to come to Parking Lot A to park then walk to the unisphere

One of queens most famous landmarks, the unisphere is the symbol of this wonderful borough. From tv shows to movies, when you see the unisphere you know it is queens ny no doubt about it.i know growing up as a kid and going to the to shea stadium to see the Mets play baseball. You would always be able to see the unisphere from the high way, or the 7 train coming in to shea stadium, which is now called citi field stadium.

But in the latest years when I worked at flushing meadow park, I was able to see it all the time and go to the queens museum to read about the history of the unisphere, and the 1964 world's fair that was going on way before I was born .it was truly a remarkable event that world's fair.

So by me working in flushing for a good while flushing meadows, was like a second home to me ,by being out there I was able to see how much of a melting pot queens really was .so many different nationalities all coming together, celebrating their different cultures. They even had several nationalities celebrating their heritage on different days in the summer time in flushing meadows park .I remember the dragon costumes and a particular out fit were about 5 people were the feet of the dragon. They were celebrating China day,that was cool.

I was able to see most of all the celebrations first hand back in 2006 while working there. No matter how many times I see the unisphere it never gets old ,the last time I was there just a couple of months ago .I was there at a wedding, right next to the unisphere at terrace on the park. And I had to take a picture of the famous unisphere that night.

Had no idea that this Awesome work of art is called the Unisphere. I thought it was called the giant globe. My bad. Anyways, I was so happy to finally admire this artwork up and close. Got to admit that it was much larger than I imagined it to be. We visited the Unisphere in the evening after watching the U.S. Open. Had the Unisphere all to ourselves.

I highly recommend visiting this beautiful piece of art when you are in NYC. Find it at Flushing Meadows Park (at least I believe that is the name of the location). Very lovely with the fountains of water surrounding this beauty! Learn about the history of the Unisphere by researching online.

Very cool place to reminisce about my youth. I'm so happy it has been preserved. I went two times to the Worlds Fair. I went the Summer of 1964 and again in 1965. I wish I had more photos.
I returned a few years back when my daughter ran the half marathon. I couldn't wait to walk around seeing the remnants that remain from that wonderful historic moment!
If you get a chance go visit the park and the Unisphere.