Editing Unisphere (section)

=== Construction and World's Fair ===
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Construction on the Unisphere started on March 6, 1963.<ref name="p510430255">{{cite news|date=March 7, 1963|title=Unisphere Takes Shape|page=2|work=The Christian Science Monitor|id={{ProQuest|510430255}}}}</ref> The globe was built within 110 days,<ref>{{Cite news|title=Unisphere, 1960 – Photos – New York: The 1960s|newspaper=New York Daily News|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/new-york-city-1960s-gallery-1.1038782?pmSlide=1.1038739|access-date=November 13, 2016|archive-date=October 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025104601/https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/new-york-city-1960s-gallery-1.1038782?pmSlide=1.1038739|url-status=live}}</ref> and the last landmass was installed on August 13, 1963.<ref>{{Cite news|date=August 13, 1963|title=Section Added to Unisphere|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url-access=subscription|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1963/08/13/archives/section-added-to-unisphere.html|access-date=November 4, 2019|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=March 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308172511/https://www.nytimes.com/1963/08/13/archives/section-added-to-unisphere.html|url-status=live}}</ref> When the Unisphere was being built, Blough took credit for the structure. He also gave an award to M. Legrain-Eiffel, whose grandfather [[Gustave Eiffel]]'s company had designed and built the [[Eiffel Tower]].<ref name="p510430255" /><ref name="vv19630314">{{cite news|date=March 14, 1963|title=Moses' Orb holds Sway Over Fair|page=7|work=The Village Voice|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=KEtq3P1Vf8oC&dat=19630314&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|access-date=March 30, 2021|via=Google News|archive-date=January 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101112327/http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=KEtq3P1Vf8oC&dat=19630314&printsec=frontpage&hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref> The Unisphere was dedicated in early March 1964,<ref name="vv19630314" /> and the base of the Unisphere hosted a dance [[Ball (dance party)|ball]] the same month, attended by four hundred people.<ref>{{Cite news|date=March 7, 1964|title=400 Attend Unisphere Ball In Salute to Fair at Arts Club|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url-access=subscription|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/03/07/archives/400-attend-unisphere-ball-in-salute-to-fair-at-arts-club.html|access-date=July 26, 2021|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=July 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726015224/https://www.nytimes.com/1964/03/07/archives/400-attend-unisphere-ball-in-salute-to-fair-at-arts-club.html|url-status=live}}</ref> U.S. Steel constructed the Unisphere for free; as compensation, the company's name was placed on marketing materials throughout the fair.<ref name="NYC Parks Unisphere" />

[[File:Unisphere.jpg|thumb|alt=Aerial view of paths during the 1964–1965 World's Fair, with the Unisphere at the end of one path on the left|The then-newly-built Unisphere during the 1964–1965 World's Fair]]

The globe became the icon of the 1964 World's Fair.<ref name="n82219504" /><ref name="Stern (1995) p. 1032" /><ref name="NYCL p. 4" /> A special commemorative stamp issue was issued starting in April 1964, depicting fair attractions such as the Unisphere.<ref>{{Cite news|date=March 15, 1964|title=The World of Stamps; View of Mall Marks Issue for the Fair|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url-access=subscription|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/03/15/archives/the-world-of-stamps-view-of-mall-marks-issue-for-the-fair.html|access-date=July 26, 2021|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=July 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726015224/https://www.nytimes.com/1964/03/15/archives/the-world-of-stamps-view-of-mall-marks-issue-for-the-fair.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The globe was also depicted on media and souvenirs promoting the fair.<ref>{{Cite news|date=July 25, 1962|title=Fair's Unisphere Will Get a Lot of Mileage|pages=30|work=New York Daily News|via=newspapers.com|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/82229160/fairs-unisphere-will-get-a-lot-of/|access-date=July 26, 2021|archive-date=July 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726185148/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/82229160/fairs-unisphere-will-get-a-lot-of/|url-status=live}}</ref> The Unisphere's popularity was also increased by the presence of fountainheads around the globe's base, which cooled down fair visitors on hot days.<ref>{{Cite news|date=May 24, 1964|title=Fair's Fountains Prove Handy as Air-Conditioners|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url-access=subscription|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/05/24/archives/fairs-fountains-prove-handy-as-airconditioners.html|access-date=July 26, 2021|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=July 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726170226/https://www.nytimes.com/1964/05/24/archives/fairs-fountains-prove-handy-as-airconditioners.html|url-status=live}}</ref> During the fair, dramatic lighting at night gave the effect of sunrise moving over the surface of the globe. Additionally, the capitals of nations were marked by lights.<ref name="p750198061" /><ref name="NYCL p. 4" /> One of these lights is placed at the location of the [[Kahnawake]] First Nations reserve, which the [[Mohawk people|Mohawk]] ironworkers requested to be placed there to honor their labor.<ref>{{cite web|title=Unisphere|website=Place Matters|date=September 24, 2015|url=http://www.placematters.net/node/1564|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924073917/http://www.placematters.net/node/1564|archive-date=September 24, 2015|url-status=dead|access-date=July 27, 2020}}</ref> Over the course of the fair, many of its 51 million visitors passed by the Unisphere.<ref name="nyt20140418">{{Cite news|last=Robbins|first=Liz|date=April 18, 2014|title=Around the Unisphere at the World's Fair, Lives Changed|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url-access=limited|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/20/nyregion/around-the-unisphere-at-the-worlds-fair-lives-changed.html|access-date=March 30, 2021|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=February 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210211214242/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/20/nyregion/around-the-unisphere-at-the-worlds-fair-lives-changed.html|url-status=live}}</ref>