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High Line locomotive sculpture: NYC or not?
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">I would say that this is totally out of phase with railfans’ preferences for railroad art.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, it is perfectly in phase with the art genre that is capable of raising big money to pay for it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But then again, I think the locomotive theme is way too industrial, too “fossil fuel” for those financial supporters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would be very surprised if this gets built. </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">The kind of art in this genre that does get supported and built is things like this:</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">For his “Over The River” project, artist Christo will suspend 5.9 miles of fabric over sections of the Arkansas River at a cost of $50 million.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It will take 2.5 years, require massive amounts of drilling equipment and cranes, and require drilling over 9000 holes into the canyon walls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><a href="http://www.dailycamera.com/state-west-news/ci_20270680/fremont-county-gives-approval-christo-plan"><span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;"><span style="font-size: small;">http://www.dailycamera.com/state-west-news/ci_20270680/fremont-county-gives-approval-christo-plan</span></span></a></p>
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