Remembering The Gates

we
recently watched



the new documentary
and
wanted to take a moment
to remember how we enjoyed
the 16 days of The Gates...


If you can have nostalgia for something that only happened three years ago, then the screening of “The Gates,” an HBO documentary about the 2005 Central Park art installation by Christo and Jeanne-Claude, inspired waves of it (and a lot of orange) at Gracie Mansion on Tuesday night.




* 1979 beginning
* The project was approved in 2003
* Installation of the bases started in January 2005 and was completed on February 6th.
* Installation of the poles started on February 7th.
* The Gates were unfurled on the morning of February 12th 2005
* The removal of the gates began on 28 February 2005
* There were no opening ceremonies or events planned by the artists
* There were 7,500 gates