Randy Twizzle Posted February 14, 2005 Report Share Posted February 14, 2005 (edited) "WAKE me when these hideous things are gone!" One NY columnist is unimpressed, I guess she lacks the vision thing http://www.nypost.com/commentary/21923.htm Andrea PEYSER??? The New York POST??? Puh-LEEZ! Sorry, just pretend you didn't see it. A snarky profile in "New York" has never changed my opinion about anyone. I still enjoy Peyser, she's there to give all correct thinking people apoplexy. Edited February 14, 2005 by Randy Twizzle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son-of-a-Weizen Posted February 16, 2005 Report Share Posted February 16, 2005 I see he's already gotten to this ridge back: Must be Weizen's: One brew and the dog's down for the count.......it's the cat that worries me!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonF Posted February 16, 2005 Report Share Posted February 16, 2005 Why did Morley Safer insist on calling them "the Christos"? Christo is his first name. For several years, Morley's been insisting he knows something about contemporary art. He doesn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catesta Posted February 16, 2005 Report Share Posted February 16, 2005 Weizen, my scullery maid, Ludmilla, does not lower a bucket--she was an industrial engineer/designer in the old country (Rumania) before fleeing there, sans diplomas, to escape a brutal dictatorship. She has actually modified the old family Nilfisk to suck up the water from a nearby lake. She then runs it through a purifier of her own making (I had wondered what became of my lava lamps and Cory coffee pot). BTW, I have a feeling that Luddie is preparing for another escape--I saw a pile of Canadian brochures in her room, and I know they weren't there back in the days when it seved as a closet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christiern Posted February 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2005 I was right, Ludmilla just e-mailed me from Montreal, where she has opened a mail-order pill business. Her closet residence is empty--she even took her Bush dart board and Cheney pin cushion! Sorry, Weizen, she would have done a bang up job on your aging Mercedes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BERIGAN Posted February 17, 2005 Report Share Posted February 17, 2005 I saw this this aftenoon from the crosstown bus on west 59th street. I thought it looked terrible. For thelife of me I can't understand why the city allowed central park to be used for this ego trip. The streets were crowded with people going to see it. Damned if I know why. Look at it this way: It gave hundreds of people a paid job, it gave some U.S. manufacturers a sizable special order, and it is attracting thousands to New York, where they will spend money. Hey good news Chris! The inauguration didn't cost much more, and it also gave jobs to hundreds, and no doubt many American companies got some much needed business from it as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christiern Posted February 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2005 The inaugural orgies sapped up taxpayer money (security, etc.) while Christo's project is bringing in money and will not cost the tax payer a single penny. Besides, there are sadly valid reasons for finding fault with a man who creates a frivolous war, then dances the night away to raise funds for the destructive party as the death count rises and hundreds of young Americans (those who are not in a box) return home crippled for life. Add to that the thousands of innocent Iraqi lives this hero of yours and his henchmen so readily dismiss from whatever conscience they might have. IMHO, your analogy is as meaningless as so many of your posts have been. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son-of-a-Weizen Posted February 17, 2005 Report Share Posted February 17, 2005 I was right, Ludmilla just e-mailed me from Montreal, where she has opened a mail-order pill business. Her closet residence is empty--she even took her Bush dart board and Cheney pin cushion! Sorry, Weizen, she would have done a bang up job on your aging Mercedes. Chris, I dare say you've been fed a slew of false information as to the current whereabouts of your charming water purification specialist. Word is, she grew weary of satisfying her employers' demand that she snap hundreds of pics per day of the flapping orange Jell-Oish fabric and decided to head down here to take in a real work of art. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christiern Posted March 1, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 Now that the Gates are disappearing, here are some follow-up photos... On the last day (Sunday), I finally made it to ground level with my camera: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christiern Posted March 1, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 They started taking down the gates the day before yesterday, as scheduled, but the weather intervened... Here's another one from the last day (Sunday): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christiern Posted March 1, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 Then the weather changed. They managed to remove many gates, but some remained... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christiern Posted March 1, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 And there was still plenty of orange this morning.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christiern Posted March 1, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 One last Gates photo, from this morning (Tuesday, March 1, 2005)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Alfredson Posted March 1, 2005 Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 I miss NYC. I totally understand why my wife wanted to move there before she met me. How's the snow treating you, Chris? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardbopjazz Posted March 1, 2005 Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 I miss NYC. I totally understand why my wife wanted to move there before she met me. How's the snow treating you, Chris? You can still come here. Then I can catch you at Smokes or the Vanguard groovin' away on stage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Alfredson Posted March 1, 2005 Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 That's the plan!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christiern Posted March 1, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 I miss NYC. I totally understand why my wife wanted to move there before she met me. How's the snow treating you, Chris? Snow's fine. As so often is the case, we didn't get as much of it as the gleeful weather reporters predicted. From my perch, it looks great. Y'all will have to come back soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted March 1, 2005 Report Share Posted March 1, 2005 Thanks for posting the photos. I and really enjoyed the updates and downdates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christiern Posted March 6, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2005 Here it is Sunday again, and last Sunday was to have been the day the Gates closed, so to speak. Most are actually gone, but there is still a sprinking of saffron to be seen. The ones in this photo (from last Wednesday) are gone, but I rather liked the sign, which I hope can be read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christiern Posted March 6, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2005 Here's a closeup... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wesbed Posted March 6, 2005 Report Share Posted March 6, 2005 Thanks for the pictures, Chris. I enjoy pictures that aren't snapped by the professional media. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFrank Posted March 7, 2005 Report Share Posted March 7, 2005 Similar to this (without the "ark"). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrome Posted March 7, 2005 Report Share Posted March 7, 2005 NY Post: $50M OFFER FOR 'GATES' NIXED CHRISTO and Jeanne-Claude, the husband-and-wife creators of "The Gates," have spurned a $50 million offer to buy the undulating orange sheets that briefly carpeted Central Park. The duo financed the $21 million project through sales of Christo's drawings of "The Gates," life-size renderings that fetched about $600,000 apiece. The artists signed a contract with the city stipulating that all proceeds from "The Gates" and its memorabilia would be donated to nonprofits. But financier Steven Greenberg — who evidently believes everyone has their price — tells PAGE SIX that he and a team of investors were willing to pony up $50 million for all 7,500 gates. "I thought collectors might pay $250,000 for four of them, to keep on their lawn or to add to their art collection," Greenberg says. "My idea was to re-market them. You could perhaps end up realizing $375 million for all of them." Told of Greenberg and company's offer, Christo is said to have quipped, "I wouldn't sell them for $100 million." A spokesman for Christo and Jeanne-Claude told us, " 'The Gates' are not for sale. The artists aren't making a penny off this project. The rights to the signed prints and merchandise are all going to charity. This is public knowledge, and in a contract they signed with the city. It's all out of their own pocket. The only thing they didn't pay for was the weather." The spokesman added, "All the material will be recycled. The nylon will be shredded and made into carpet padding, and the aluminum will be melted down and sent back to an aluminum manufacturer." The main beneficiary of "The Gates" is Nurture New York's Nature, a nonprofit environmental group that has an exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license on all "Gates"-related products. Nurture has since sub-licensed many of the products to groups like the Central Park Conservancy and the Met Museum. Nurture still gets a portion of proceeds from "Gates" T-shirts, sweatshirts, postcards, books and $295 silk commemorative Hermes scarves. Nurture project manager Jake Kheel said that Christo and Jeanne-Claude, who are already working on their next project, a giant piece of fabric stretching over the Arkansas River in Colorado, are extremely sensitive over allegations that they are profiting from their work. "They adamantly insisted that they not profit from this project," he said. "They go crazy even at the suggestion that they're making money from it." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christiern Posted March 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2005 And even if the did profit--so what? I commend them for not taking an offer from what sounds like a greedy sleazebag, but I would see nothing wrong with them recouping some of their expenses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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