Editing Unisphere (section)

=== Surroundings ===
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[[File:Rocket thrower Unisphere jeh.jpg|thumb|The Unisphere and nearby ''[[Rocket Thrower]]'' sculpture by [[Donald De Lue]]]]
Pathways radiate axially from the Unisphere to the north, northeast, southeast, and south.<ref name="NYC Parks Unisphere" /><ref>{{Cite news|last=Dunlap|first=David W.|author-link=David W. Dunlap|date=August 26, 2001|title=A Queens Park's Past Shapes Its Future|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url-access=limited|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/26/realestate/a-queens-park-s-past-shapes-its-future.html|access-date=July 26, 2021|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=July 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726024551/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/26/realestate/a-queens-park-s-past-shapes-its-future.html|url-status=live}}</ref> There are plaques facing the four major paths that extend from the Unisphere.<ref name="NYCL p. 4" /> The courts of the former [[Louis Armstrong Stadium (1978–2016)|Louis Armstrong Stadium]], to the north, had been oriented along the same axis as the Unisphere.<ref>{{harvnb|Stern|Fishman|Tilove|2006|ps=.|p=1309}}</ref> Additionally, a pair of promenades extend east of the Unisphere, with the Fountains of the Fairs between the paths. The entrance to the Queens Museum is directly west of the Unisphere, while the [[Billie Jean King National Tennis Center]] is to the north and the [[New York State Pavilion]] is to the south.<ref>{{cite book|title=Conceptual Framework|url=https://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_your_park/vt_flushing_meadows/presentation/03conceptualframework1.pdf|publisher=[[New York City Department of Parks and Recreation]]|volume=Part 1|pages=16–19|access-date=November 12, 2017|archive-date=July 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726172426/https://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_your_park/vt_flushing_meadows/presentation/03conceptualframework1.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>