The Gates' & Other Public Art Favorites

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🗓️ 25 February 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Listeners share their memories of “The Gates”, which transformed Central Park with orange banners twenty years ago, plus other art projects that changed their view of public spaces.

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0:00.0	Listener supported WNYC Studios.
0:11.9	Brian Lair on WNYC.
0:14.3	To wrap up today, we're going to have a call in about your favorite pieces of public art
0:19.7	and especially those immersive projects that change
0:23.3	how you see the city. 212-433, W-N-YC, 212-433-9692. I'm going to bring up a specific one,
0:33.5	which is why we bring it up today, but we're casting the net wide. What is a favorite piece of public art that you have liked to see at any time
0:43.1	or that you like to visit and revisit that you might like to share with our other listeners?
0:47.9	A favorite piece of public art anywhere in our area, or anywhere for that matter,
0:52.3	212-433 WNYC,
0:55.7	212-433-9692 call or text.
1:01.2	Why?
1:01.9	Well, did you know it's been 20 years since Christo and Jean-Claude's The Gates
1:07.5	graced Central Park?
1:09.9	For those of you who weren't around for this or didn't see it,
1:13.1	they were giant orange, I think they called them saffron-colored banners that stretched across
1:19.7	an expanse of Central Park, some 7,500 of them. It was years into planning, and it ran for only
1:27.0	16 days, but it drew millions of people to the park. Were you one of them. It was years into planning and it ran for only 16 days, but it drew millions of
1:29.4	people to the park. Were you one of them? I happened to have been. It was a fun experience.
1:34.3	Did seeing the gates have an effect on you and how you experienced Central Park? Did it make
1:40.0	you see the park in a different way, which I think was part of the point besides just kind of
1:44.7	the fun colors and shapes and sizes and stuff. Call or text us at 212-433 WNYC about the Gates or any
1:54.5	favorite piece of immersive public art from any time or any favorite piece of existing
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