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There was a story on CNN-HN last night about the gates. Halx is right about the economic impact of these things. There are vendors around sellign gate watches, scarves, socks and swatches. It's crazy the amount of traffic that it seems this is generating in the park. Also...the $21 mil was privately funded.
Is it art? I don't get much from contemporary art so I'm not the best judge. It looks like a bunch of water proof tarps strung from posts to me. But I also couldn't see the art in the one room (I'd guess 50' x 100') exhibit at the top of the Guggenheim that consisted of a coat hanging on a stainless steel coat rack. Soooo...like I said I may not be the best judge of these sort of things. It's created a stir and people are going to see it and dropping serious cash in the city. No harm no foul if you ask me.
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