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Posted by partyhopper on Feb-12-2005 20:24:

Christo's Gates in Central Park

Something to check out during the next 16 days or so
http://www.wirednewyork.com/parks/c...tes/default.htm
Has anyone seen them yet?

Posted by MykonosBoy22 on Feb-13-2005 01:03:

This is really cool, they're opening the met top garden area especially just for this.. something fun and different to see... another cool thing was when he wrapped a bunch of smaller islands in miami in pink silk.

Posted by DJ Eco on Feb-13-2005 01:18:

its pretty cool.... and im glad that the city isnt paying for ne of it.... its costing millions upon millions of dollars that i otherwise wouldnt have wanted the city to pay for (for need of many other things the money coulda gone to), but i just heard that the artists themselves are covering the cost, so thats cool.... im gunna check it out sometime.

Posted by LinX on Feb-13-2005 02:11:

i saw this walking by, i wasnt sure what it was though... yeah it looks cool i might check it out.

Posted by madhattared on Feb-13-2005 02:16:

20 million dollars to be exact.

some people just have wayyyy too much money

Posted by pipe0007 on Feb-13-2005 02:40:

the artists are not paying, sponsors pay for it....

Posted by trunks1022 on Feb-13-2005 03:05:

saw it on my run around the reservoir today

Posted by EarnYourKeep on Feb-13-2005 16:28:

it looks like home depot had a surplus of beams so they decided to erect them in central park! eye sore if you ask me...

Posted by sandstorm03 on Feb-13-2005 17:38:

i dont get what they did/are doing

Posted by LuNaSeA on Feb-13-2005 17:47:

quote:
Originally posted by kid nyce
it looks like home depot had a surplus of beams so they decided to erect them in central park! eye sore if you ask me...

exactly. wtf is the point of these dumbass gates? im sorry but i think it would have been a WAY better idea to donate the money to a cause like cancer or homelessness or AIDs. shit pisses me off.

Posted by verndogs on Feb-13-2005 17:53:

as long as my tax dollars weren't used to create this...it's all good

Posted by MykonosBoy22 on Feb-13-2005 19:06:

the saffron color looks great.. and its suppose to generate up to 81 million tourist dollars.`

Posted by EarnYourKeep on Feb-14-2005 13:19:

quote:
Originally posted by MykonosBoy22
the saffron color looks great.. and its suppose to generate up to 81 million tourist dollars.`

Generate 81million tourist dollars to walk into central park for free in mid feb when its freezing outside, now if this was truely a marketing ploy tied to an art form, wouldn't you think they'd institute this during the spring/summer ala come to central park and "stroll"? oh wait, I know 81million to have people ride in heated horse carriages yes? And honestly, what were the sponsors thinking about when they "chipped in"

Ok maybe my generalizations aren't fair since I haven't physically gone there and looked at one of those things, but the whole artistic point of view fumbles me. I mean why pick that Orange? Maybe I haven't read up on it enough and orange is representing some mood setting color for the cold winter here in hopes that it would ease peoples minds by reminding them that summer is coming? I think that an "artistic form" to generate "millions" should be centralized somewhere, maybe in the field, but definitely not along the path way? Or maybe they marketed to the sponsors what great advertisements it would pose for people passing by in taxi's during the winter? Oh wait, sorry they only allow cross-town traffic through central park! Sorry to be such a pessimist but I think this city is dumping money in all the wrong places...like the MTA! Give me a break I'm paying $4 for a roundtrip fare to head downtown. What would you think about shelling out $5. haha dont even get me started...time to move to Arizona and get paid 6 figures!

Posted by DJ Will on Feb-15-2005 05:42:

we needed some kind of positive vibe here...the guys are loaded, so whatever...anyways I went through them yesterday, actually saw Christo and clapped, cool guy...don't make judgements until you actually go, its cool as hell

Posted by phoenixBEBE on Feb-15-2005 14:02:

iono -- i WAS gonna go see it, but it looks kinda -- ugly. its like BOLTS of orange fabric...thats IT. i thought it was gonna more more spectacular. for instance if it had been garlands of flowers during spring lining the arches, then that would be an amazing sight. but yeah that would be hella expensive

but yeah for all of us paying taxes they could have put the money to better use. well it IS bringing in tourists but that only makes the city more crowded. bleh.

Posted by phuzzyfish12 on Feb-15-2005 14:10:

quote:
Originally posted by bubbleravegirl
iono -- i WAS gonna go see it, but it looks kinda -- ugly. its like BOLTS of orange fabric...thats IT. i thought it was gonna more more spectacular. for instance if it had been garlands of flowers during spring lining the arches, then that would be an amazing sight. but yeah that would be hella expensive

but yeah for all of us paying taxes they could have put the money to better use. well it IS bringing in tourists but that only makes the city more crowded. bleh.

Yea make it more exciting like putting orange lights along the outsides of the gates, that would be totally awesome at night. I would still like to check it out and see what its all about.....we'll see

Posted by phoenixBEBE on Feb-15-2005 14:17:

quote:
Originally posted by phuzzyfish12
Yea make it more exciting like putting orange lights along the outsides of the gates, that would be totally awesome at night. I would still like to check it out and see what its all about.....we'll see

yeah now that sounds MORE interesting. by FARRR