Wednesday
Nov092011
Feds OK Christo's canopy over the Arkansas
Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at 12:00AM 
After nearly 20 years of planning, debate and review, the federal government has given the go-ahead for the artist Christo to temporarily hang a canopy of silvery, translucent fabric above a stretch of the Arkansas River in Colorado.
Opponents have denounced Over the River as "rags" and argue it will spoil the environment and harm wildlife. Proponents have estimated the artwork will generate $121 million and draw 400,000 visitors during construction and the display.
LINK (Via: US Today)
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Reader Comments (6)
i hope to have panels up on ebay within 24 hours of this installation going up.
Gonna be a bitch unsnagging your fly out of that.
Fucking terrible!!!!!!! no good will come from this!! I hope it will be easy to tear down with a pair of wire cutters!!
This is a call to action for anyone who wants to protect our cold clean water resources.
Water is not a commodity.
Protest this installation.
Go put panels up in downtown Pueblo or Colorado Springs.
Mother Nature does not need your help.
What is the point of the canopy? I don't get it.
Hmm, what would Hayduke do?