On Mar 5, 2005, at 4:16 PM, Mariposa Symphony Orchestra wrote:I'm really amazed by the response to this display also. Estimates around tourist activity always have a wide confidence band (like plus or minus 20%).
But I must say I'm personally amazed at the estimate of a $254,000,000 return offered in this article;
I live in NY and walked through the "Gated" Central Park twice over several days, once in beautiful sunshine, once on a frigid, gray day. It was mobbed both times. Most of the people looked like tourists, and all seemed happy to be there (cameras everywhere, of course).
My own reaction to it was mixed. My strongest reaction was "why?" but there were a couple of times when I came up over a rise and saw the saffron curtains blowing along several paths at different distances, it was quite affecting... well interesting, anyway.
Still... it's one of those weird works of "art" that leaves one (or at least me) totally puzzled about what I was supposed to get from it. Sometimes it's something a response is strong but can't be explained. There is a large Pollock painting upstairs at the Met museum that I revisit from time to time, even though it isn't "about" anything. But it draws me in, every time.
Bit I have to say I found the gates overkill for the amount of pleasure, awe, admiration etc. it provided me. Just my never-humble opinion.
There is a junk-sculpture-tower in the East Village I find a lot more affecting. You catch a glimpse of it in the opening credits for NYPD Blue, but I used to pass it often when my daughter lived near there. Now THAT one got me whenever I passed, and I was glad it was there.
In any case, I think the numbers about the income to the city are perfectly plausible, given the number of people I saw there both times.
Linda Worsley
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