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The Gates, February 12-27, 2005

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The Gates at Fifth Avenue and East 84th
The Gates - Image 4

Just Barely Inside Central Park

© Stan Parchin

Our intrepid photographer, Stan, dodges taxis and one policeman to bravely go where thousands have gone before. What's this? Could it be? Why, yes - it looks like more of The Gates.

About The Gates

Artists: Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Work Conceived: 1979
Installed: February 12-27, 2005
Medium:

  • 5,290 US Tons of steel
  • 315,491 linear feet of vinyl tubing
  • 1,067,330 square feet of rip-stop nylon fabric
Estimated Cost: $21 - $29 million US, borne by the artists
Location: Central Park, New York City

All images © Stan Parchin; used here with permission for public viewing purposes only. Images may not be copied, altered, retransmitted or used commercially in any way.

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