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Location Information:
Unisphere is a 12-story
high, spherical stainless steel
representation of the Earth. It is
located in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park
in the Borough of Queens, New York City.
The Unisphere,
commissioned to celebrate the beginning
of the space age, was conceived and
constructed as the Theme Symbol of the
1964/1965 New York World's Fair. The
Theme of the World's Fair was "Peace
Through Understanding" and the Unisphere
represented the theme of global
interdependence. It was dedicated to
"Man's Achievements on a Shrinking Globe
in an Expanding Universe." (From
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
Related Links:
Unisphere Aerial View with Google Maps
Unisphere- wikipedia.org
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