The Gates, planned for fourteen days during the late autumn (2004 at the earliest), will emphasize Frederick Law Olmsted's organic design for Central Park. Nine-foot-long panels of saffron-colored nylon suspended from 11,000 steel gates will, in the gentlest breeze, move to create a flowing canopy, a "golden river," over the park's walkways. Measuring fifteen feet high and from nine to twenty-eight feet wide to correspond to the varying spans of the walks, the individual gates will be installed along twenty-six miles of Central Park's stately paths. First proposed to New York City in 1980, The Gates is still awaiting approval.

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