Christo Event — Page 2

Right- I wouldn't call it saffron. And I think it's not just the color that evokes the strong construction connection, but the combination of that color and those beams.

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Yes, it's made Central Park into a construction site.

Ah, the crap one has to endure to live in Manhattan.

No one ever said it was easy.

As someone who only gets the pleasure of visiting your fair city, it saddens me to think that our presense is so intrusive. I can assure you that, at least from our end, we only wish to partake in all the wonders that are unique to that most vibrant metropolis. I suppose we will just have to satisfy ourselves with the extraordinary culture, and try not to feel intimidated by the disdain and antipathy.

Munk - I'm afraid that if I saw something like that in a museum I'd end up in prison

But there's also this in the Times -

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/13/arts/13kimmelman.html?hp&ex=1108357200&en=d794ddf5edfba7b9&ei=5094&partner=homepage

BTA, I didn't say I didn't appreciate out-of-towners. I said that it appears they, as a group, are more partial to this project than Manhattanites.

The vast majority of Manhattanites, myself included, are from somewhere else, and were out-of-towners once themselves.

I simply find this latest Christo sham deplorable in Central Park.

I'm a born and bred New Yorker, and the Gates are stunning. They made me (and everyone else I saw in the Park today) smile. Christo is NOT making any money from this, according to the authorized t-shirt and poster stands set up in the park. The money is going to The Nature Conservatory.

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bta - I really didn't think you were all that serious - I was just using a little overstatement to make my point is all. I've grown up and lived where tourists go most of my life, so I know how annoying it can get at times.

I'm googling "Christo Central Park" right now to see what you guys are talking about, but just to chime in to that comment about it being always the out-of-the-country tourists who piss you off, I just wanted to add that while I can understand your frustration (and frankly, if I saw someone scratching at a work of art, my eyes would bulge), it seems a bit premature to assume that this is a sign of rudeness, as opposed to being a cultural difference where perhaps she did not *know* how to conduct herself and her intent was not to be selfish or inconsiderate.

And it's not just the total foreigners who don't speak English who can be problematic. Having worked at the Vancouver airport and in the tourism industry, Americans (and Canadians) are hardly always the epitome of culture, class, grace and virtue, hmm? While you may not have intended your comments to come off this way, it sounds a bit intolerant with a hint of ethnocentric xenophobia.

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Updated On: 2/13/05 at 05:36 PM

I stroke my American flag every night, and then I gaze at my leftist government, health care, liberated women and queers who are allowed to marry with all the bells and whistles, and I go "Naaah."

(But you guys DO have the best city in the world, I'll give you that.)

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According to dictionary.com, it's "to put (someone) in a bad position." So roll over, lady, and brace yourself.

Yeah,

So back on topic, here are some photos of The Gates:







I can't say I understand the artistic reasoning...

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I think it's amazing as well, and if it were up to me I would invite them back anytime. It's disturbing nothing.

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