'64ʻO ka icon Fair Fair o ka honua i hoʻonaniʻia i mua
ʻO ka Unisphere He nani ka nani o ke ao e noho ana ma Flushing Meadows-Corona Park ma Queens, Niu Ioka , no ka hoʻonāukiuki i lilo ia i hōʻailona o Kuini . Heʻike kaulana ia ma waena o Queens aʻikeʻia e nā mea hoʻokele o Long Island Expressway, Grand Central Parkway, a me Van Wyck Expressway, a me ka poʻe e holo mai ana ma waho o nā moku mokulele LaGuardia a me JFK. ʻO ka Unisphere ka hōʻailona maikaʻi loa o ka moku a me kekahi o nā pūpū nui loa i hanaʻia.
1964 Hōʻike Hōʻikeʻike o ka Honua
Ua loaʻa i ka Unitedphere kona perch ma Queens no ka 1964 World Fair. Ua kūkuluʻia ka US Steel Corporation e hōʻailona o ka maluhia honua a hōʻike i ke kumuhana o ka World Fair Fair, "Peace Through Understanding." Mai ka wā i hoʻokipa aku aiʻo Unitedphere i nā malihini kipa, nā mea pāʻani, nā hale mikena - a me nā meaʻaka mele, nā poʻe Mets a me nā Queens, New York.
ʻO ka Unitedphere, i hanaʻia e ka mea kākau kiʻi kaulanaʻo Gilmore Clarke, he hanaʻano kila a he 140 kapuaʻi ke kiʻekiʻe a he 120 kapuaʻi ke anawaena. Heʻewalu kaukani ka paona. ʻOiaiʻo nā pae'āinaʻo ka hapa nui loa ia o ke kiʻi kila aʻoiʻole,ʻaʻole i kaulikeʻia, ua kaumaha ka USAphere. ʻO ke kaumaha loa. Ua hana maikaʻiʻia e hōʻike no ka nuiʻole o ka nui. ʻO kahi pūnāwai a me nā pūnāwai e hoʻopuni ana i ka Unisphere, e hāʻawi ana i ka leʻaleʻa o ka leleʻana mai ka honua aku, a ua hoʻomālamalamaʻia i ka pō no ka hana nui.
Ua pilikia ka Unitedphere mai ka mālamaʻoleʻana i nā makahiki, e like me Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, a ma nā makahiki 1970, ua hōʻikeʻia nā hiʻohiʻona nui o kaʻino.
I ka makahiki 1989, ua hoʻomakaʻia kahi hoʻolālā he 15 makahiki no ka hoʻokumu houʻana i ka papa a me ka USAphere i kona hanohano kahiko o ka Honua, a ma ka makahiki 1994 ua hoʻoholoʻia nā hopena kūkala me ka wehe houʻana o ka pā. Ua hoʻoponoponoʻia a ua hoʻomaʻemaʻeʻia ka honua. Ua hoʻihoʻiʻia ka pūnāwai a me nā pūnāwai e hoʻopuni ana ia mea a ua hoʻonui houʻia ka pīpī i nā pūnāwai.
Ua hoʻopauʻia kahi papa hoʻoponopono'āina no ka hoʻomaluʻana i kēia hale hoʻokipa, i kapaʻiaʻo City Landmark i ka makahiki 1995.
Nāʻike o ka Unitedpaulipo
ʻO kekahi o nā manaʻo maikaʻi loa o ka Unitedphere mai Van Wyck e neʻe ana i ka hema. Eʻikeʻoe i ke kuahiwi Manhattan ma hope o ka USAphere, a ināʻo ka manawa pono ia, e hoʻopau ka lā i ka vista. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ua loaʻa iāʻoe kaʻike kokoke loa i ka pā, akāʻo nā mea kupaianaha mai nāʻaoʻaoʻaoʻao o Flushing, ma ke komohana o Main Street.
Kahi kahi
ʻO ka Unitedphere heʻoi aku ka nui o ka mauna o nā meaʻoluʻolu i makemakeʻia ma luna o ka Flushing Meadows Park ; he wahi kūpono ia no nā wahi o Queens e hele ai i kahi hele wāwae, kahi wahi hālāwai no nā hoaaloha a me kahi kau no ka poʻe skaters. Hoʻopiʻi ka Mokupuniʻo Unitedphere i ka papa kūʻokoʻa. He hōʻailona kēia e noho nei ka honua ma kēia wahi:ʻO nā kānaka Kuini mai nā wahi he nui - mai Albania a Zimbabwe - ma mua o nā wahi'ē aʻe ma ka honua nei. Aia ka Unitedphere ma ka hale ma kekahi moku i noho mau i kahi home mai kahi home no ka nui o kona poʻe noho.