Christo and Jeanne-Claude discussed The Gates, Project for Central Park, New York City (1979–2005), a temporary work of art they created for New York’s urban oasis. Seven thousand, five hundred and thirty-two gates, each sixteen feet high with a width varying from six to eighteen feet, will be placed perpendicularly to the edges of twenty-three miles of Central Park footpaths. Free-hanging saffron-colored fabric panels suspended from the horizontal top part of the gates will come down to approximately seven feet above the ground. The gates will be spaced at ten- to fifteen-foot-intervals, allowing the synthetic woven panels to wave horizontally toward the next gate and be seen from far away through the leafless branches of the trees. Scheduled for completion in February 2005, The Gates will remain installed for sixteen days.