Hundreds of gates, hundreds of transition points--and all in dayglo orange.
Am I wrong to hanker after a full spectrum of possibilities?
well, we can make the chalk outline people in festive seasonal colors
farmerman--
Chalk outline people? As in equal-opportunity corpses?
Not sure, if this link was already mentioned:
Satellite photo of The Gates in Central Park
Can't make it work, Walter.
Joe(I see a ship, and then nothing.)Nation
Yes, there's a nice ship as well - especially, when you look at the pic in highest resolution.
Walter<who doesn't know why he got just a smal pic on his monitor>Hinteler :wink:
Joe, the photo 'arrives' at first as a very large one, and it takes quite some time to load (even with DSL, cable etc). Then it minimizes (by itself) and by be enlarged again manually.
I suppose, my computer stored that pic in the cache/on a temp file or another of these rucksacks.
http://www.spaceimaging.com/gallery/spacepics/central_park_12Feb05.jpg
I saw the large picture and scrolled down and to the right - it's fascinating. Er, not so much for the gates, but the whole photo interests me..
I walked through the park last night after dinner with Frank. At night the roadways are filled with runners, cyclists and rollerbladers interspersed with horsedrawn carriages and those little police cabs with the whirling lights. They are a much better show than the dimly lit fabric gates.
I still don't get Walter's pic. I'm going to download it again and let it cook while I take a shower.
Joe
did you scroll down and then over? The gates look like curls of square or rectangular tablets in a park...
Cool picture, Walter - I can see my apartment building!
Joe, I must have just missed you and Frank (to say nothing of Laura Bush, who was apparently also there) yesterday. I entered the park at 72nd Street, on the west side, at about 4:30, and walked more or less due north (with a brief detour for a loop around the Great Lawn) to 85th Street, where I exited. Of course, that was a very small sampling of the whole thing, but I have to say, I was underwhelmed: I didn't hate the gates, I didn't love them - I just thought, "What's all the fuss about?" The only time I stopped to admire something was when I was walking through a stand of pine trees, and the sun - which was very low in the sky at that time of day - cast the shadow of the trees on the back of one of the pieces of fabric in what was kind of a nice effect.
Bree:\
It is a curious thing. People,
wait.
Let me start over. SOME people I know who already know the park, the Park, see the Gates and say what you said.
Those folks I've talked to who are new to the city or new to the park or both are far more moved by the flapping of the saffron sheets.
The regulars see them the same as putting a bandana on an Irish Setter.
Jaunty, but an unnecessary accouterment given the original beauty.
Joe(Hey, why haven't you shown up at any of the various NYC gatherings??????) Nation
Bandanna on an irish setter. Joe, do you mind if I use the sentence with that as my signature for a bit? Not that everybody must agree with it re the bandannas, I mean the gates, but I love the motion, the curve of the tail, the prancing, the verve... of that picture.
Edit - I went to edit my spelling of bandannas, and found out both spellings are fine. Also, I feel I must dedicate my new signature to Kelly, my and x's long loved setter. He'd have loved that park.
I hadn't really been following this -- I knew about it, but hadn't paid much attention -- and then saw the pictures and went ooh! Made more of an impression than I expected.
Then, after the impression had been made, I saw some newspaper headline that reminded me of the cost -- $21 million dollars?? For that?? I mean it's nice, but...
For some reason that's now taken my enjoyment down a notch -- as something slight and ephemereal, I like it, but it seems like something that's $21 million dollars should be more than slight.
Joe -- great simile!
Br(because I didn't know about any of them, that's why -- at least, not until Frank recently mentioned them to me over on ehBeth's NYC thread)ee
$21 million dollars - Christo and Jean Claude, financed the entire project themselves.
Certainly I would know another way or two to spent my money, but obviously they as well (when you look at the financing of their other projects and what they did for charity for example :wink: )
Joe you have a wonderful way with language
Another view (Quicktime VR panorama) of The Gates
HERE
