Actually I did read your post quite closely, which I suppose was the problem. If I used the same scant care in reading it that you did in drafting it, perhaps your point -- whatever it is -- would have been crystal.

Let's see if I have it now. Here's my list of artistic nuisances that seems to attract a perpetual stream of soft-around-the-middle schmucks from outside the city:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Museum of Modern Art

The Brooklyn Museum

The Museum of Natural History

American Folk Art Museum

Carnegie Hall

The Cloisters

Museum of the Moving Image

Dia Center for the Arts

The Whitney Museum of American Art

PS1 Contemporary Art Center

Will someone please tell these congestion magnets to pack up and move out of town? We New Yorkers will do just fine without all the masses they attract.

no, art that attract lots of stupid fat out of towners = nuisance

their aesthetic success or lack thereof is another topic entirely. in my humble opinion, the installation doesnt look that good. the concept is awesome, but the execution left a lot to be desired. in my opinion.

the masses of people clogging up the park being a nuisance, well thats just a fact. try reading the post thoroughly next time before commenting on it. it was really quite clear.

Let me see if I have this right. Art that attracts "stupid fat people from out of town" = bad art.

the concept was cool, the effect for the city's economy and the awesome PR is generated was great, but the work itself was lame. i would call it a success, but not on an artistic level. i am VERY happy that the park will be less crowded thats for sure. there were too many stupid fat people from out of town walking around really slowly with their heads up in the air not looking where they were going, stopping every 10 feet to take a picture. this is why so many NYers hated the gates and you cant really blame us. It was cool, it was good for the city, but thankfully its finally over.

Yes, good riddance to this display which cost nothing to any of us, drew people outside during peak hibernation season, and drummed up business for surrounding enterprises during a typically slow time. A pox on the Christos and their selfishness.

holy shit that's my photo. I was reading the post like "hey, someone else shot the gates near tavern on the green! cool!"

Good riddance!

That's a nice photo. It would've been interesting if the Gates had a twinkly-lights component to them...but maybe overwhelming :)

I can't believe no one at Gothamist has commented on this Central Park sign by the city transit powers: http://sinergism.com/mugshots/gates12.jpg --

The syntax alone, if not the choice of words, is worth the web space it takes to post, mock, and archive.