{"id":2323,"date":"2011-03-04T13:18:06","date_gmt":"2011-03-04T18:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/?p=2323"},"modified":"2014-12-14T20:32:32","modified_gmt":"2014-12-15T01:32:32","slug":"looking-back-at-the-gates-central-park-2005","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/04\/looking-back-at-the-gates-central-park-2005\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking Back at the Gates: Central Park, 2005"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2324\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8388.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2324\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2324\" title=\"fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8388\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8388.jpg?resize=550%2C550\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8388.jpg?w=550 550w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8388.jpg?resize=150%2C150 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8388.jpg?resize=300%2C300 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2324\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Conversation, The Gates, Central Park, by Christo and Jeanne-Claude, 2005, photo #8388 by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>For two weeks in February, 2005, the muted winter landscape of New York&#8217;s Central Park was altered by over seven thousand orange curtained gates straddling every meandering footpath of the great park.\u00a0 Detractors consistently described the nylon fabric as &#8220;shower curtains&#8221;, but the environmental installation by<a href=\"http:\/\/www.christojeanneclaude.net\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Christo and Jeanne-Claude<\/a> was inspired by the traditional Shinto<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Torii\" target=\"_blank\"> torii<\/a>, gates signifying the entrance to sacred space.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2325\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/ref\/arts\/design\/GATES-REF.html\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2325\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2325\" title=\"cul_GATESMAP_050211\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/cul_GATESMAP_050211.jpg?resize=600%2C2054\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"2054\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/cul_GATESMAP_050211.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/cul_GATESMAP_050211.jpg?resize=299%2C1024 299w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2325\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Viewing the Gates in Central Park, 2005, map from the New York Times<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Christo and Jeanne-Claude have been altering the landscape and the cityscape, usually with fabrics, since the 1960&#8217;s.\u00a0 I first became aware of their work in the 1970&#8217;s, when I saw the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mayslesfilms.com\/films\/films\/runningfence.html\" target=\"_blank\"> Maysles<\/a> brothers documentary about the creation of their<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mayslesfilms.com\/films\/films\/runningfence.html\" target=\"_blank\"> <em>Running Fence<\/em><\/a>, shimmering white fabric along 25 miles of rolling hills and into the sea on the California coast.\u00a0 As the film showed, the great majority of the actual work they do is administrative and organizational, negotiating with bureaucracies and property owners, a task that took twenty-five years in the case of <em>The Gates<\/em>.\u00a0 The engineering is minimalist and efficient, the materials industrial.\u00a0 Their work is ephemeral, installed for a limited time, and unsellable.\u00a0 It appears that they fund these huge projects mainly by selling photos, prints and preparatory sketches like this one:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2326\" style=\"width: 476px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christojeanneclaude.net\/tg.shtml\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2326\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2326\" title=\"Gates70\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Gates70.jpg?resize=466%2C600\" alt=\"\" width=\"466\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Gates70.jpg?w=466 466w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Gates70.jpg?resize=233%2C300 233w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 466px) 100vw, 466px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2326\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Gates, Project for Central Park, New York City, 2003, collage by Christo<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Christo and Jeanne-Claude&#8217;s combination of aesthetic simplicity, huge scale, and very limited duration gives the work an interesting effect.\u00a0 It exists for many years as a plan, a project, only very briefly as a reality, and then in a long, lingering afterlife of memories and images.\u00a0 Its design seems aimed at altering a sense of space, but it succeeds also in altering the sense of time.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2327\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8398.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2327\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2327\" title=\"fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8398\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8398.jpg?resize=600%2C255\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8398.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8398.jpg?resize=300%2C127 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2327\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vessels, The Gates, Central Park, by Christo and Jeanne-Claude, 2005, photo #8398, by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I took <em>The Gates<\/em> as an opportunity to practice my photography.\u00a0 The saffron fabric seemed to capture the warmth of the sun in the gray wintry air.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2328\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8400.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2328\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2328\" title=\"fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8400\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8400.jpg?resize=600%2C399\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8400.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8400.jpg?resize=300%2C199 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2328\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Composition, The Gates, Central Park, by Christo and Jeanne-Claude, 2005, photo #8400, by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The colorful rectangles contrasted with the monochrome wriggliness of bare branches and 19th Century cast iron froufrou.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2329\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8432.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2329\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2329\" title=\"fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8432\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8432.jpg?resize=600%2C338\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8432.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8432.jpg?resize=300%2C169 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2329\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cherubs, The Gates, Central Park, by Christo and Jeanne-Claude, 2005, photo #8432, by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Here the ephemeral curtains are glimpsed over the top of a boulder that has occupied its space for hundreds of millions of years.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2330\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8449.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2330\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2330\" title=\"fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8449\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8449.jpg?resize=600%2C338\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8449.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8449.jpg?resize=300%2C169 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2330\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Manhattan Schist, The Gates, Central Park, by Christo and Jeanne-Claude, 2005, photo #8449, by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>The Gates<\/em> created another skyline for the city of <a href=\"http:\/\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/17\/skylines\/\" target=\"_blank\">skylines<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2331\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8452.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2331\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2331\" title=\"fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8452\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8452.jpg?resize=600%2C399\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8452.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8452.jpg?resize=300%2C199 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2331\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Skyline, The Gates, Central Park, by Christo and Jeanne-Claude, 2005, photo #8452, by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2332\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8481.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2332\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2332\" title=\"fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8481\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8481.jpg?resize=600%2C400\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8481.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8481.jpg?resize=300%2C200 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2332\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">South End, The Gates, Central Park, by Christo and Jeanne-Claude, 2005, photo #8481, by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Central Park is woven with extensive curlicues of footpaths, but usually they are invisible from a distance.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2333\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8492.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2333\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2333\" title=\"fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8492\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8492.jpg?resize=600%2C255\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8492.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8492.jpg?resize=300%2C127 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2333\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Breeze, The Gates, Central Park, by Christo and Jeanne-Claude, 2005, photo #8492, by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>At dusk, the yellow-orange fabric took on a darker tone.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2337\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8512.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2337\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2337\" title=\"fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8512\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8512.jpg?resize=600%2C255\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8512.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8512.jpg?resize=300%2C127 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2337\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dusk, The Gates, Central Park, by Christo and Jeanne-Claude, 2005, photo #8512, by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2338\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8530.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2338\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2338\" title=\"fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8530\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8530.jpg?resize=600%2C450\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8530.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8530.jpg?resize=300%2C225 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2338\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Construction Sign, The Gates, Central Park, by Christo and Jeanne-Claude, 2005, photo #8530, by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The orange color reminded many people of the orange construction equipment and safety markers seen everywhere in the city.\u00a0 To some it seemed the entire park had become a construction zone.\u00a0<em> The Gates <\/em>had lots of detractors, grousing about all the hype, about how it didn&#8217;t fulfill<a href=\"http:\/\/www.forgottendelights.com\/essay\/ChristosGates.htm\" target=\"_blank\"> traditional artistic values<\/a>, about how it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.democraticunderground.com\/discuss\/duboard.php?az=view_all&amp;address=104x3178423\" target=\"_blank\">desecrated<\/a> the classic landscape design of Olmsted and Vaux, about how they couldn&#8217;t enjoy the park with all the damn shower curtains and extra tourists.\u00a0 I think some of these were the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/id\/2286927\/\" target=\"_blank\"> same folks<\/a> that fire off an angry letter every time NPR mentions the existence of popular culture.\u00a0 If you want to complain about the alteration of the landscape, how about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amny.com\/urbanite-1.812039\/mta-completes-first-second-avenue-subway-tunnel-1.2668524\" target=\"_blank\">Second Avenue Subway project<\/a>, which promises to keep a major commercial artery ripped up for the better part of a decade?<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2339\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8617.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2339\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2339\" title=\"fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8617\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8617.jpg?resize=600%2C338\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8617.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8617.jpg?resize=300%2C169 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2339\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bridge, The Gates, Central Park, by Christo and Jeanne-Claude, 2005, photo #8617, by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2340\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8624t.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2340\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2340\" title=\"fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8624t\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8624t.jpg?resize=600%2C337\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8624t.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8624t.jpg?resize=300%2C168 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2340\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Overlook, The Gates, Central Park, by Christo and Jeanne-Claude, 2005, photo #8624, by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>For me, <em>The Gates<\/em> provided interesting aesthetic effects, but only became truly beautiful when the snow fell.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2341\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8746.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2341\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2341\" title=\"fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8746\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8746.jpg?resize=600%2C399\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8746.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8746.jpg?resize=300%2C199 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2341\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Winter, The Gates, Central Park, by Christo and Jeanne-Claude, 2005, photo #8746, by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2343\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8752t.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2343\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2343\" title=\"fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8752t\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8752t.jpg?resize=600%2C399\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8752t.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8752t.jpg?resize=300%2C199 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2343\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Snow Field, The Gates, Central Park, by Christo and Jeanne-Claude, 2005, photo #8752, by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2344\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8764t.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2344\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2344\" title=\"fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8764t\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8764t.jpg?resize=600%2C399\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8764t.jpg?w=600 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fredhatt.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fredhatt-2005-christo-gates-8764t.jpg?resize=300%2C199 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2344\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reflecttion, The Gates, Central Park, by Christo and Jeanne-Claude, 2005, photo #8764, by Fred Hatt<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>The Gates<\/em> were emblems of warmth standing amid the ice and snow.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2345\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a 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