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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-05 03:48 PM Original message |
Christo's 'The Gates' reel in 254 million dollars for NYC |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-05 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
1. But it's a defacement of Central Park! |
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JitterbugPerfume (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-05 03:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I guess beautyis in the eye of the beholder |
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Webster Green (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-05 04:02 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Christo is truly one of the great artists of our time.... |
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b... (86 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-05 04:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. what defacement? |
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GodlessBiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-05 04:17 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Indeed! Beautiful man-made art in a beautiful man-made park |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-05 04:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. Hee, hee, hee |
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b... (86 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-05 04:25 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. the joke is on me... |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-05 06:51 PM Response to Reply #10 |
26. *sigh* |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-05 07:40 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Sure glad I haven't done that |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-05 06:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
21. This looks like total spending in NYC, not income to the government |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-05 06:49 PM Response to Reply #1 |
24. oh Feh! |
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Renew Deal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-05 03:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
35. No it wasn't. |
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quiet.american (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-05 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
3. Thought they were great |
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b... (86 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-05 04:10 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. exactly, naysayers be damned |
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yellowcanine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-05 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
7. Over a 10 fold return? Hey George! Can I invest my SS in Christo? |
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lowreed (92 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-05 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
9. The gates effen rocked!!! |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-05 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
12. How did they arrive at such a figure? |
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b... (86 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-05 04:36 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. yup |
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b... (86 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-05 04:38 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. the really nice was... |
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all.of.me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-05 06:59 PM Response to Reply #13 |
27. i wondered about that! |
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b... (86 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-05 01:03 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. it took one week to assemble... |
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all.of.me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-05 05:13 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. wow. that's amazing! |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-05 02:41 PM Response to Reply #13 |
33. I still have to wonder... |
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displacedtexan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-05 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
15. I'd like to see the area's crime rate stats for that time period. |
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b... (86 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-05 05:04 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. that's what subways are for... |
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pie (782 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-05 06:44 PM Response to Reply #15 |
23. That's amazing |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-05 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
17. It was a wonderful experience. Cost the city $0, Made the city |
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NYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-05 06:51 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. It is not gone. |
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anitar1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-05 01:57 PM Response to Reply #17 |
31. Wish I Could Have Been There |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-05 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
18. Here is why they are saffron..and perhaps, the inspiration |
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anitar1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-05 01:59 PM Response to Reply #18 |
32. Beautiful--Thanks for Posting this. n/t |
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Runcible Spoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-05 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
19. I thought the Gates were wonderful as well... |
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Lorien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-05 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
20. And the GOP shows utter contempt for public art |
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Scooter24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-03-05 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
22. Even this cat enjoys the gates |
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okieinpain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-05 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
30. hah, make fun of that. now everybody is going to want Christo |
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robbedvoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-05 03:27 PM Response to Original message |
34. Are the proceeds from the shower curtains going to NYC? |
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MGKrebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-05 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
37. Almost any art is better than no art, |
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MGKrebs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-04-05 07:32 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Ms. Krebs reminds me of Centennial Olympic Park |
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