Editing Unisphere (section)

=== Reception ===
When it was proposed, the Unisphere received negative reviews. ''[[The Village Voice]]'' quoted people who called it "probably one of the most uninspired designs we have ever seen",<ref name="vv19630314" /> while ''[[Newsday]]'' opined that the globe was "deathly dull" and "looks like an ad for [[Western Union]]".<ref>{{Cite news|date=May 24, 1961|title=Moses and His Critics|pages=49|work=Newsday|via=newspapers.com|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/82221672/moses-and-his-critics/|access-date=July 26, 2021|archive-date=July 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726170226/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/82221672/moses-and-his-critics/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Architecture: the AIA journal|Oculus]]'' magazine criticized the design as "a heavy, literal version of the ancient [[armillary sphere]], with decoration by [[Rand McNally]]".<ref>{{cite magazine|date=Mar 1961|title=The Big Steel Ball|url=https://usmodernist.org/AIANY/AIANY-1961-03.pdf|journal=Oculus|volume=32|pages=1|number=6|access-date=July 26, 2021|archive-date=August 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210821085537/https://usmodernist.org/AIANY/AIANY-1961-03.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> Ralph Caplan wrote for ''Industrial Design'' that Moses's defense of the Unisphere was motivated by animosity toward the older structure.<ref name="Stern (1995) p. 1033" /><ref>{{cite magazine|last=Caplan|first=Ralph|date=Mar 1961|title=Fair is (So Far) Foul|journal=Industrial Design|volume=8|pages=27}}</ref> ''Progressive Architecture'' described it as "like the set for the 'spectacular' finale of a 1930s Warner Brothers musical".<ref name="PA 1961-03" /><ref name="Stern (1995) p. 1033" /> Walter McQuade wrote for ''[[The Nation]]'' that the Unisphere was a "bit of roadside inspirational decoration, a trite cartoon in iron" that portended badly for the 1964 World's Fair, while [[Bruno Zevi]] for Italian magazine ''L'Architettura cronache e storia'' called it a "silly idea" and petitioned U.S. President [[John F. Kennedy]] to prevent the Unisphere from being installed.<ref name="Stern (1995) p. 1033" />

Only one positive criticism emerged when the globe was announced when the [[National Arts Club]] called it "one of the outstanding achievements in structural sculpture of this decade."<ref name="Stern (1995) p. 1033" /> Remarking on the initial negative reception of the Unisphere in 2010, ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' said that the Unisphere was perceived as a symbol of the "banal, corporate atmosphere" of the 1964 World's Fair.<ref name="p750198061" /> Despite the largely negative criticism of the Unisphere from architectural critics, it was positively received by the visitors.<ref name="p750198061" /><ref name="Stern (1995) p. 1033" /> After the fair, the Unisphere remained a tourist attraction into the 21st century.<ref name="CBS New York 2013">{{cite web|date=October 8, 2013|title=Famous Movie And Television Locations Around The U.S.|url=https://newyork.cbslocal.com/top-lists/famous-movie-and-television-locations-around-the-u-s/|access-date=March 30, 2021|website=CBS New York|archive-date=June 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210619083035/https://newyork.cbslocal.com/top-lists/famous-movie-and-television-locations-around-the-u-s/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[The New York Times]]'', in 2014, said the Unisphere was the only relic of the 1964 World's Fair that "was untarnished by time and enhanced by memory".<ref name="nyt20140418" />