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Flushing Meadows
Corona Park
Flushing Meadows Corona Park is the fourth biggest public
space in New York City. With 898 acres, it’s 55 acres larger
than Central Park in Manhattan, and it hosts a wonderful mix
of flora, fauna, waterways, paths, athletic facilities, statues, and
cultural organizations.
Smack dab in the center is the borough’s most recognizable
structure: The Unisphere. Erected for the 1964 World’s Fair, this
140-feet-high, 700,000-pound stainless steel globe rises above
a multi-spouted fountain. In fact, statues are everywhere in this
park, which was created from ash heaps (described in F. Scott
Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby) in order to host the 1939
World’s Fair.
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Flushing Meadows Corona Park