#Unisphere

[mcforwhatiam]

📸 Sunny Bak

[scopophilic1997]

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[wandering-jana]

The Unisphere, from the 1964 New York World's Fair in Flushing Meadows, Queens.

April 2016

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[enobullphotography]

An ode to New York City. Looking through all of my prints, I'm sure anyone would say I'm just shooting "anything." However, when I take a deeper look, I realize that what I'm actually doing is capturing New York City. Capturing all the different walks of life that make it the living organism that it is. The addicts, the homeless, the every day people going to work, the old and new buildings, even the guy wearing a Trump mask! Lol

I can imagine that most photographers feel this way, but most things in the street catch my eye in some way, shape or form. I see everything as a photograph! I walk past my dream car, gotta get a shot! I see 3 young women waiting for the light all with similar yet different hair, gotta take a shot! And ask yourself, have YOU ever played 'Hide n Seek' with the Empire State Building? Lol.

For the first time since restarting my film journey, I came across a discarded mirror while walking back to work. It was my first opportunity to get my Vivian Maier on! Lol. Of course I'm just kidding, Ms. Maier would have had a much clearer and lighter photo!

But overall, It's just New York! The living, breathing, and always random and unexpected New York. You can go days without catching a shot, but there's ALWAYS something to shoot!

It might be a shot of a man surrounded by hundreds of pigeons, it might be a cool shot of a homeless man or addict sleeping on the sidewalk, or it could be whatever catches your eye. But one thing's for sure, there's never a dull moment, and always something to shoot.

New York, you owe me nothing!

An ode to New York City! Eno Bull Photography

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[paraparaparadigm]

[koffiphotography]

[circuitmouse]

Unisphere

[davidgeorgebrommer]

New Beginnings and let's stay connected

A new dawn, a rubicon crossed, and the saga continues seemingly anew. After 26 years to the day, on Halloween I resigned my position at B&H Photo to pursue photography full-time. As we enter the final days of 2023 I have put many irons in the fire and I’m thrilled to see them bear fruit in the form of workshops in 2024 of which I’ll be announcing shortly. As all intrepid things are, this has…

[thejoyofviolentmovement]

Photography: Unisphere 4/25/23

Photography: Unisphere 4/25/23 @AllianceForFMCP @FMCP_NYC @NYCParks

[joggel]

The other day in Flushing Unisphere & Sunset #unisphere #nyc #queens #leicaq #newyorkcity #leica #flushing #newyork #leicaqtyp116 #nycphotographer #leicacamera #flushingmeadows #leicaqtype116 #flushingqueens #nycprimeshot #shakirashakira #leicaqphoto #ny #manhattan #leicaphoto #nyclife #nycphotography #coronapark @leica_store_nuernberg @leica_camera_deutschland (hier: New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CozkQbft-Yb/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[williamsteiger-valencia-spain]

Unisphere, 2023, 16″x20″, collage of cut & found paper, hand marbled paper, gouache, glue, mounted on panel

[bixiebeet]

I’ve always loved this scene and this reference to the world’s fair. Let me share some more context!

The 1964–1965 New York World's Fair was a world's fair that held over 140 pavilions and 110 restaurants representing 80 nations, 24 U.S. states, and over 45 corporations with the goal and the final result of building exhibits or attractions at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_New_York_World%27s_Fair#:~:text=The%201964–1965%20New%20York,in%20Queens%2C%20New%20York%20City.

Presumably Janine was a kid when she went to the 1964 World’s Fair. The theme was Peace Through Understanding, and the fair celebrated the growing interconnectivity of the modern world and technological achievements. More than 50 million people attended, and there were lots of souvenirs available for purchase. You can still find them floating around on secondhand sites.

The fair grounds are still largely intact in Queens, New York. (The same area was also used for the 1939 World’s Fair, which was themed “Dawn of a New Day.”) One of the most iconic representations of the 1964 fair is the Unisphere, a stainless steel representation of Earth. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unisphere

I’d like to think that Egon and Janine eventually went to visit the old fairgrounds. Maybe they saw a New York Mets baseball game in Queens (it’s nearby) and then went to see the Unisphere. The coin obviously brought them a lot of luck, so it makes sense to pay a visit.

That Flushing Meadows Fair token is a symbol of their love and no one can tell me otherwise

@bixiebeet @spengnitzed @ariel-seagull-wings @janegon-forever @kawaiisakura143 @soulfulbelieves @lulusplaycorner @remerg @spook-central

[fashionlouist]

Louis wore Aimé Leon Dore Unisphere Hoodie in Pristine while meeting fans tonight in Sheffield.

[joeinct]

Unisphere, Queens, NY, Photo by Matthew Pillsbury, 2016

[queen-of-the-avengers]

Iron Man 2: Part Nine

Pairing: Natasha Romanoff x Female!Reader

Word Count: ~2.6k

Warnings: canon violence and angst

Author’s Note: any and all comments are appreciated <3

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You bring the platforms to the car and fit them in the passenger seat. His car is only a two-seater convertible so you'll have to fly behind the car all the way back to his lab. When people say they want the power to fly, they really don't understand what it's like. Flying is so rejuvenating for your soul. It makes you feel like you can do anything you want.

Tony brings the platforms down to his lab where Jarvis can scan the surface of it. He pulls up a holographic model that Tony can manipulate. You're not quite sure what he is looking for so you're hanging back with a drink in your hand and watching this. 

With these past few events, you've come to realize that Tony doesn't do well with change. He closed himself up and acted like he was dying. Well, he is but he knew there was a way to fix him. He just didn't want to see it until he knew his dad figured out a way. You're not sure if he's doing this for Pepper or for himself, but you're kind of envious of that passion.

How can you stay on a planet where humanity's lifespan is only eight years and expect a relationship out of one of them? How would you and Bucky have ever made it work? In ten years, you'll look the same while everyone else around you ages. You look how you looked when you were twenty-five and back on Xenia. The only way you'll ever be truly happy with someone is if they have the same kind of life as you--someone who doesn't age normally. 

There's something in the back of your head telling you that you found that, but you can't remember it at all. While you're overthinking, Tony is getting everything set up so he can dissect the holographic platform.

"How many buildings are there?" he asks and lifts the holographic platform away from the physical one so he can just see the one in his hands.

"Am I to include the Belgium waffle stands?"

"That was rhetorical. Just show me." He clicks his fingers and the model begins to spin and lift upright--something Jarvis is doing. The platform is starting to look less like a blueprint and more like an atom or a nucleus. "What does that look like to you Y/N? Not unlike an atom. In which case the nucleus would be here. Highlight the Unisphere. Lose the footpaths. Get rid of them."

"What is it you're trying to achieve, sir?"

"I'm discoveriing--correction--I'm rediscovering a new element, I believe. Lose the landscaping, the shrubbery, and the trees." Tony flicks away the things he speaks of. "Get rid of parking lots, exits, and entrances. Structure the protons and the neutrons using the pavilions as a framework." The model now looks like a nucleus, and Tony expands it with his hands so that it's blown up as big as it can go. "Dad... Dead for almost twenty years, and still taking me to school."

"That's amazing," you mutter as Tony shrinks it to fit it in the palm of his hand.

"The proposed element should serve as a viable replacement for palladium," Jarvis says.

"Thanks, Dad," Tony mumbles.

"Unfortunately, it is impossible to synthesize."

"Get ready for a major remodel, fellas. We're back in hardware mode."

Tony needs to renovate his lab if he is going to create a new element to replace the one that's in his chest. He breaks down walls, puts holes in them, and constructs tubes to fit into a large circle to contain the new element. He smashes the walls with sledgehammers, drills holes into the floor, fiddles with wires, and puts together pipes. It's like a big crazy montage of you two working together.

Someone knocks on the door and walks in to inspect the mess Tony has created. You look up and see Phil walk in with a tablet in his hand.

"I heard you broke the perimeter," he states.

Guess he did know about that but didn't care enough to do anything about it.

"Yeah. That was, like, three years ago. Where have you been?" Tony scoffs.

"I was doing some stuff."

"Yeah, well, me too, and it worked. Now, are you gonna let me work or break my balls?"

"What is this doing here?" he asks.

Your heart drops when you see what he's holding. It's one of the original prototypes of Steve's shield that Howard was working on. Seeing that reminds you that being in that time actually happened. It wasn't a bad dream. Steve is no longer with you, and the thought brings you to tears.

"That's it. Bring that to me."

"Do you know what this is?" you ask delicately.

"It's exactly what I need to make this work." Tony accepts the half-broken shield. "Lift the coil. Go, go. Put your knees into it." Phil lifts the very heavy tube as Tony slides the shield underneath. "There you go. Drop it." Tony sets a level on top of the tube and grins. "Perfectly level. We're busy. What do you want?"

"Nothing. Goodbye. I've been reassigned. Director Fury wants me in New Mexico."

"New Mexico?" you ask.

"Fantastic. Land of Enchantment."

"So I'm told."

"Secret stuff?" Tony asks.

"Something like that. Good luck."

"Bye, thanks."

The two men shake hands professionally while you and Phil shake hands in a friendly way.

"We need you," he says to you two, and Tony answers for the both of you.

"Yeah, more than you know."

"I've been thinking," you say once Phil leaves, "what made you change your mind?"

"What do you mean?"

"With this whole saving your life shit. Do you know how many times I've tried to get you to take this more seriously? What was it that finally made you change your mind?" Tony doesn't answer you. "Was it her?"

"Does it matter?"

"Of course it does. Do you love her?

"I think you know the answer to that."

"You know, you two would make a great couple. She already knows you and she doesn't put up with your shit. You two would be a power couple," you chuckle.

"Alright, help me with this," he chuckles.

You grab the parts he needs and help put the rest of the contraption together. Once built, he turns on the machine.

"Initialising prismatic accelerator," Jarvis informs. 

Tony turns a small wheel on top of one of the pipes that power the machine, but it's too powerful for him to even turn it to get it to where he needs to be. 

"Let me do it," you offer, and he steps back.

You grab the wheel tightly and with your inhuman strength, you turn the wheel. As you are doing so, the element is shooting out in a beam of light, cutting into whatever surface it touches much like a laser. You turn the wheel some more until it's concentrated on a triangle that begins to glow blue.

"Approaching maximum power," Jarvis says.

After a few minutes, the machine turns off once the small triangle has been infused with enough power. Tony picks up a pair of pliers and grabs the triangle.

"That was easy," he comments.

"Congratulations sir. You have created a new element," Jarvis praises. Tony places the new element into the arc reactor used for testing so he can see if it is going to work before placing it in his body. "Sir, the reactor has accepted the modified core. I will begin running diagnostics."

"You did it, Tony," you say with a smile.

"I can't believe it," he chuckles.

You hug him tightly to celebrate his survival but Jarvis interrupts.

"Incoming call with a blocked number, sir."

"My phone privilege is reinstated. Lovely," Tony says before answering the call. "Coulson. How's the Land of Enchantment?"

"Hey, Tony, how are you doing?" Ivan Vanko says. The prison he was in blew up, and you thought he died. They confirmed with his prison number that he died. "I double cycle."

"You what?"

"You told me double cycle's more power. Good advice."

"You sound pretty sprightly for a dead guy."

"You too," he chuckles.

Tony presses the "mute" button on his screen so that Ivan can't hear what is happening on your end.

"Trace him," he demands of his AI.

"Sir."

Jarvis begins the trace while Tony keeps him on mute but that doesn't seem to bother Ivan.

"Now, the true history of Stark's name will be written."

"Jarvis, where is he?" you urge.

"Accessing the Oracle grid. Eastern Seaboard."

"What your father did to my family over forty years, I will do to you in forty minutes," Ivan promises.

"Tri-State area. Manhattan and outlying boroughs."

"I hope you're ready," Ivan says right before he hangs up.

"Call trace incomplete."

"Shit," you mutter with a sigh.

Tony picks up a flyer for Justin's presentation at the Stark Expo as well as the new arc reactor and he gets an idea. 

"You want to run some tests? Run them and assemble the suit while you're at it. Put it together now."

"We are unclear as to the effects."

"I don't want to hear it, Jarvis," Tony rolls his eyes. He slams the new arc reactor into his chest and lets it take control of the system. Tony struggles with the effects it's having but you have to let him get through this on his own. "That tastes like coconut and metal." He gasps and stands upright since he feels so much better now. "Oh wow, yeah! Ready to kick some ass, Y/N?"

"As ready as I'll ever be."

Justin is already at the Stark Expo and giving his presentation when you arrive. Apparently, he has been making robots that will help or replace the military system. He was trying to replicate Tony's suit design but ended up with this. Rhodey is in his War Machine suit that he took from Tony, and it's been painted red, white, and blue to represent America. As soon as the audience sees you and Tony, they erupt in cheers.

"We got trouble," Tony says to Rhodey from inside the suit.

You also have an earpiece in so you can hear everything they are saying as well as communicate with them.

"Tony, there are civilians present. I'm here on orders. Let's not do this right now."

"Give them a wave," he says, and you three do what he says.

"All these people are in danger," you warn quietly. "We gotta get them out of here. You gotta trust us for the next five minutes."

"Yeah, I tried that. I got tossed around his house, remember?"

"Listen, we think he's working with Vanko," Tony reveals.

"Vanko's alive?" Rhodey gasps.

You really want to go over to Justin and slap that smug smile off his face but you know that isn't the smart thing to do. You look at the audience and then at the rows of robots when the big gun on Rhodey's shoulder takes aim at you and Tony.

"Is that you?" Tony asks.

"No, I'm not doing that. That's not me. I can't move. I'm locked up. I'm locked up!" he exclaims. Some of the drones take aim at you and you know you have to get out of here as soon as possible. "Get out of here. Go! This whole system's been compromised!"

"Let's take this fight outside, boys," you state and blast into the air.

Tony blasts into the air as well and you two fly out of the place as quickly as you possibly can. The drones start firing at you and you have to dodge every single one of them. If you get shot in your arm or leg, then you know you can heal very quickly and it's not a big deal. However, if you get shot in your heart or head, then you are dead.

"Jarvis, break in. I need to own him," Tony orders.

"Yes, sir."

"Tony, Tony, I'm locked on. I have a target lock."

"On what?"

"On you! Y/N, the rest are locked on you!"

"Shit!" you curse and separate from the group so as to not let them get hit by the bullets.

The molecules in your body vibrate at a fast rate, causing you to burst into flames. You can only go so hot before you literally set the world on fire, so you'll have to use what you got. While still using your aerokinesis to fly in the air, you use your pyrokinesis to shoot balls of flames at the robots. If you can get it hot enough, they will explode and you'll be rid of one less problem.

"How are we doing Jarvis?" Tony asks.

"Remote reboot unsuccessful."

The crowds are now running out of control, and the drones that are left on the ground start firing at them. You have to save them despite being shot at.

"Tony! Take care of the ones in the sky. I got the ones on the ground!" you yell.

"Copy that."

You disappear behind a building and that confuses the drones that were locked on you. They don't know where you went so they opt to fly after Tony who is still trying to get Rhodey off his back. The crowds scream in terror but you're here to save them. You fly behind one and place your flaming hands on its back which burns holes where your hands were. It shuts down and melts at your fingertips.

Your body is still in flames so you extinguish them so as to not cause more panic from the people. There is a kid in the crowd who has on a toy mask that resembles Iron Man's helmet, and one of the drones has taken an interest in him. The drones are programmed to fire at anything that looks like you and Tony, so you have to jump in if you're going to save him. You fly over to behind the kid and shoot the drone with a fireball. The kid looks up at you and you just smile at him.

"Nice work, kid," you chuckle and take off again.

Most of the drones on the ground have been taken care of so you fly into the air to help Tony and hopefully take down Rhodey before he shoots him to death.

"You got multiples coming in on you," Rhodey warns.

"Let's get this away from the Expo."

You and Tony lead Rhodey and the other drones through a car garage holding the cars of everyone who was in attendance tonight. As you, Tony, and Rhodey pass by the cars, one car alarm is set off. However, as soon as half a dozen drones pass by, all of the car alarms are set off. To keep the drones at bay, you throw fireballs at the cars to blow them up, and when they do, they hit and take down some of the drones.

"Listen, listen. A pack just peeled off. They're headed back to the Expo!" Rhodey exclaims.

"Let's get it!" you yell and make a sharp right to head back to the Expo.

"In closing in on you. Ordnance coming in hot, Tony. Watch it!"

It's becoming a neck-in-neck fight with Team Iron Man vs Team Drones, so you have to do something, or else they will kill you. You look over at the big globe that is meant to signify the Expo, and Tony gets the same idea as you.

"Rhodey, you still locked on?" Tony asks.

"Yeah."

"Drop your socks and grab your Crocs. We're about to get wet on this ride," he chuckles.

You and Tony both lead the drones through the globe structure and bounce off the walls. As soon as the drones hit it, they explode into pieces. There is a small stream on the bottom of the structure, and you use that to your advantage. The water shoots up at your command, both sharp and unforgiving as it blocks the view of most of the drones. The ones that didn't crash because you tricked them do now because of the water.

"I'm sorry buddy. I had to thin out the herd. What's your twenty?" Tony asks but receives no answer from Rhodey.

Instead of answering him, Rhodey crashes into you and Tony, sending you both down to the ground. You crash into the ground and skid to a rough stop. Your head spins, your skin heals itself of any wounds, and your body is sore from the landing. Your vision is a bit blurry but after a few blinks, you're back to normal.

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