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The Crap-O-Sphere ("Crappy")
Artwork by Jerry Rotondi
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The Crap-O-Sphere ("Crappy")
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- Should Dave take some of the blame?
- Baby brain dead after ambulance gets stuck in snow
- Steinway Mansion owner dies
- Kelty tells Bloomberg to duck
- King has tougher stance on illegal aliens
- Goldsmith failed major test
- Answers, pal!
- Snow means trouble for bubbles
- And now the other side of the story
- Bike lanes cleared of snow before Queens streets
- Every street plowed?
- Was it intentional?
- Deadline for snow removal has passed!
- No happy new year for Richmond Hill men
- Vallone wants fluoride out of water
- LIC street necrology
- Reforming and fining public authorities
- How they built the Unisphere
- Eastern Queens buried
- Mad as hell!
- The aftermath... death by neglect
- Toby concerned about pork in her hot dogs
- Another state senator with a shady non-profit
- Bloomberg after welfare recipient's Lotto winnings
- Corrupt pols should lose pensions
- Admiral's Row building in danger of collapse
- Snowplows, buses stuck in snow
- Bloomberg's block one of first to be plowed
- Subway crime increases
- State forgets its history
- Johnny's living the high life
- City studying stability of the Pavilion
- Illegal dumping in Elmhurst
- New Jersey helps with City EMS calls
- "The city is going fine."
- MTA not going their way
- Manhattan councilmember supports terrorist
- MTA budget bloat
- It was Nazli's job to get mosque approval
- Living in Jamaica building is no picnic
- Manhattan Project still haunts Ridgewood
- Watch the mayor blow his nose and cough
- ER alternative popular
- NYPD to change policies on sex crimes
- Bimmy's goes bankrupt
- They had fun while it lasted
- Bayard balcony crap
- Wreath a victim of budget cuts
- Snowball fight pits Vallones vs. Crowleys
- Christmas in Brooklyn
- Anyone still need a tree?
- Christmas in Connecticut
- Republican elves prepare for Christmas
- Gennaro to help church overturn landmarking
- Illegal alien phone scammers bilked the elderly
- Another proud first for Queens
- Armstrong museum expanding
- Dutch Kills residents resort to traffic cones
- And here are the proud double-dippers
- Immigrants with criminal records being told to leave
- NYPD arrests guy for photographing nostalgia train
- We need more people like him
- Space-saving sink-toilet combo
- What could she possibly be asking them?
- Hindu priest was a slave
- Bike accidents actually have increased under Sadik...
- Council looks at raising age for FDNY exam
- Mocker visits Fresh Pond and Metro eyesore
- DA probing Sampson, Meeks, broker connection
- Christine Quinn bathes on Sundays
- Proposed bill would allow immigrants to vote
- Anyone missing a jackhammer?
- Animal Care and Control?
- Albanian mobster may be in Ridgewood
- What do you mean you didn't know?
- Bay Terrace wants to secede from CB7
- Goodbye trees, hello crap!
- Give the guy his signs back already
- Collecting the garbage and raking in the dough
- So much for that...
- Keeping a garden green in Jackson Heights
- Trucker has close call on train tracks
- Council member wants to paint the town
- Our commutes suck
- How about some basic street repair before bike lanes?
- Halloran Denounces “Secret Contract,” Corrupt Demo...
- Borderline crazy!
- Security cameras for Manhattan buses
- Do you trust this man to do the right thing?
- Karla looking to cash in
- A trip to Hammels
- Top Dems collude to line Parkside's pockets
- Feeling Groovy....
- Open enrollment still a joke
- CityTime consultants busted
- JFK bomb plotter gets life in prison
- Jamaica's character assassination
- Wrath of Sadik-Khan gets FOILed!
- This is what cops are busy doing
- Darryl is Douglaston's Santa Claus
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4 comments:
This site is so-o-o educational.
Terrific video!!
The unisphere is a marvel and certainly a beautiful unique landmark that is equated only with Queens, not NYC.
There is the rub and why the unisphere is not maintained as other structures in Manhattan are or supported with $$ to make it a viable destination for tourism. Because it is a symbol of Queens and it's desporia of 190 nationalities it does not receive the fanfare from the city at all. If NYC would follow the lead say of Paris, where neighborhoods are sections we are boroughs which are governed by quasi-independent Presidents thus there is no unity rather than a single direction. Some may argue that the Mayor represents that single unity but always governs from Manhattan for which most of the spending occurs.
The Unisphere is sensational and majestic especially when the fountains for it are turned on and work in the summer. The problem could come when the structure is not properly maintained and including the surrounding infrastructure. In recent years the fountains which add a water effect that enhances the unisphere was shut down for the longest time which was very sad and telling how NYC will support this jewel going forward.
The above poster either doesn't --or doesn't want to know the facts.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unisphere
http://queenscrap.blogspot.com/2010/08/unisphere-fountains-back-on.html
The Unisphere also has lights that represent the major city on the continents.
They also give the mountains an amazing glowing 3D effect. I clearly remember this as a Kid.
The lazy city should hire an electrician with a bosons chair to replace the fixtures and wiring. I been up close with 2 of the techs who replaced the 2 fountain pumps this spring. Its all basic Edison base parts. All the screws are stainless steel so nothings seized (easy)
This amazing work of art structure should be on the wonder of the world list.
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