'The Gates' in Snow - PIX >>>

[Stephanie]

Huge crowds this weekend - I've never seen so many people in the Park, in winter. The snow came on Monday. Very pretty, don't you think?
















http://news.search.yahoo.com/search/news/?ei=ISO-8859-1&c=news_photos&p=christo

[Donailin]

1. Very Pretty

I'm happy for the artists, I believe this is what they were hoping for; the effect of orange(don't recall the offical name of the color) against silver and white. I wish I was able to see it in person.

[Stephanie]

2. Saffron

Although it really looks orange. Until the sun hits the fabric, and then it looks saffron.

[katinmn]

3. Wow!

Love the contrast.

Makes me think of something you'd see in an Asian country.

[MuseRider]

4. Beautiful.

Thanks for the pictures. I think I like them even better in the snow. I would love to see them but since that won't happen these pictures are the next best thing. It is a nice way to start the morning.

[enough]

5. And the New Yorkers' preference for wearing black works very well

with the whole scene.

Neat pictures. I hadn't been that inspired by the pictures I'd seen so far. These give a feel for why people like it.

[soleft]

6. I went on Saturday - they did pick the best month to do it

There were no competing colors in the park.

[Ripley]

7. Interesting second photo...the fence looks orange too.

Is that part of the exhibit? Thank you for these inspiring pictures.

[JHB]

8. The little fence on the side is red...

...it's part of a "Danger! Thin Ice" warning.

My favorite commentary on the whole "gates" thing was something I saw on a park bench in The Rambles (inside CP) on Sunday: a miniature reproduction of the Gates, made from Cheese Doodles, simply set up in a line, and left it up to the viewer to decide if it was tribute or mockery.

[twenty2strings]

9. Doesn't snow make everything pretty?

I love Japanese gates but this just seems ordinary to me. Sorry.

[MGKrebs]

10. More pics here:

http://www.not-rocket-science.com/gates.htm

[Stephanie]

11. LOL! Very cute.

I like it!

[JHB]

12. Don't have a photo of it...

But I saw one that did those one better: "The Gates" made from Cheese Doodles.

[Stephanie]

13. Duck >>>

http: //story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/050217/ids_photos_ts/r118821285.jpg

[theboss]

14. Much prettier in snow

But then, what doesn't look prettier in snow?

[DemoTex]

15. Now I know why Christo picked February! What good luck to get snow.

When I saw the first picture I thought "cross-country skiing!" Then several pictures down was a cross-country skier. Lucky-ducky!

[KurtNYC]

16. Christo wanted to do it in Fall

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http://www.artnet.com/Magazine/news/ripley/ripley2-14-05.asp

[DemoTex]

17. Interesting ... that's not what they said on 60-Minutes.

I saw Christo and Jeanne-Claude on 60-Minutes last week and they said they picked February because of the starkness of the bare trees. They should get their story straight.