The Gates' & Other Public Art Favorites

The Brian Lehrer Show | Feb 25, 2025

Listeners share their memories of Christo & Jeanne-Claude’s “The Gates” which transformed part of Central Park with orange banners twenty years ago this month, plus other art projects that changed their view of public spaces.

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