Unisphere Construction collection-night The aircraft carrier U

The aircraft carrier U

that this dream

" in the proud but immodest characterization of its architect

The photo was taken by Sam Falk (1901-1991)

shall not perish from the earth

Unisphere Construction collection-night The aircraft carrier UA steel worker rides the cable of a crane at the construction site of the Unisphere in preparation of the 1964 New York World's Fair, in Flushing Meadows, Queens. Times photographer Patrick Burns took this photo of the fourteen story stainless steel globe as it was being assembled on August 15, 1963. Robert Moses described as "New York's master builder" years later in his obit in The Times said in a news conference that the 120 foot steel sphere