The Gates of Central Park

From New York Magazine

We went sledding in Central Park yesterday, a divine time of good-natured jostling with fellow New Yorkers of all ages. On the way to Cedar Hill, we picked our way through the snow with paths demarcated by tall orange studs. In patches where movement have removed some of the snowfall, we realized that the orange studs actually marked the bases for the posts of Christo's The Gates.

Central Park is terrific in the snow - it is beautiful and display all park goers in a dramatic way, transforming ing all the colors of people, with their coats, hats, scarfs, boots, hair and rosy cheeks, into little works of art. I got a sense for how the Gates will turn out, walking through the paths marked by the posts, and I must say, I now have eager anticipation.

I also just loved this profile of the artists in the New York Magazine. "No one sees Christos unless they are buying!" How New York is that?