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Flushing Meadows–Corona Park was created as the site of the 1939 New York World's Fair and also hosted the 1964 New York World's Fair. Following the 1964 fair, the park fell into disrepair, although some improvements have taken place since the 1990s and 2000s. Flushing Meadows–Corona Park retains much of the layout from the 1939 World's Fair.
The Unisphere is a spherical stainless steel representation of the Earth at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City, New York.The globe was designed by Gilmore D. Clarke for the 1964 New York World's Fair.
Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, an 897-acre (3.63 km 2) park, is the largest park in Queens. [116] [117] The site hosted two World's Fairs, in 1939–1940 and 1964–1965, and the park infrastructure reflects the construction undertaken for the Fairs.
"Flushing Meadows Corona Park is a public park and I'm hoping they restore the 'public' in this public park." Intricate World’s Fair mosaics in Queens to be demolished — despite activists ...
The site of the 1939 World's Fair, Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, was originally a natural wetland straddling the Flushing River [3] before becoming an ash dump in the early 20th century. [4] New York City Parks Commissioner Robert Moses first conceived the idea of developing a large park in Flushing Meadows in the 1920s. [5]
Arthur Ashe Stadium is a tennis arena at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City.Part of the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, it is the main stadium of the US Open tennis tournament and has a capacity of 23,771, making it the largest tennis stadium in the world.
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Before European settlement of the area, the site of the 1964 World's Fair, Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City, was a natural wetland straddling the Flushing River. [13] In the early 20th century, the site was occupied by the Corona Ash Dumps, [ 14 ] before it was selected as the site of the 1939–1940 World's Fair .