Tracy Harmon:
"CANON CITY - New York artist Christo has opted to delay plans for Over the River by pushing back the exhibition a year to allow more time for planning and installation.
Christo's Over the River will be displayed in August 2015 instead of 2014. It will consist of the suspension of 5.9 miles of silvery translucent fabric panels above the Arkansas River in eight segments of a 42-mile stretch between Canon City and Salida.
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management gave the project a green light after a lengthy environmental impact statement review.
"The thoroughness of the BLM's environmental review process resulted in the decision being issued several months later than originally planned. As a result, the BLM's final environmental impact statement authorized 28 months for installation, but only 24 months remained," said Steve Coffin, Over the River project team spokesman.
Since November, Christo and the Over The River team have been focused on the next phases of the project including development of the event management plan, which will detail the initial phases of the project including staging, anchor and anchor transition frame installation. The team also is working toward applying for a Chaffee County permit and will hear whether the Fremont County Commission will grant its permit in March.
The county commission is continuing its deliberations and and a final decision may come either March 13 or March 27, said Debbie Bell, the commission chairwoman...." (Read more? Click title)
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February 3, 2012
SandBox Comments: Canon City Daily Record "'Over the River' Hearings Far From Over"
Carie Canterbury:
"About 100 people filled the commissioners' boardroom, including law enforcement and media from across the state. About 75 chairs also were set up for overflow in the lower level of the administration building, where viewers could watch live televised proceedings.
The media frenzy and naysayers didn't seem to faze Christo.
"The work of art involves everything, people who dislike or like the project, they are part of the work of art," he said. "I appreciate their comments, ideas and suggestions."
Many proponents Wednesday said OTR is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and is likely to re-energize the local tourist industry.
"This is a $100 million economic gift from Christo over the next two years," said Doug Shane, executive director of the Cañon City Chamber of Commerce. "Advertising value equivalency of this project simply cannot be estimated at this time but can be estimated by taking all of the print, TV chatter, radio chatter, Internet interest and putting a multiplier of three to 10 times what it would cost to purchase that kind of air time."
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"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
"About 100 people filled the commissioners' boardroom, including law enforcement and media from across the state. About 75 chairs also were set up for overflow in the lower level of the administration building, where viewers could watch live televised proceedings.
The media frenzy and naysayers didn't seem to faze Christo.
"The work of art involves everything, people who dislike or like the project, they are part of the work of art," he said. "I appreciate their comments, ideas and suggestions."
Many proponents Wednesday said OTR is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and is likely to re-energize the local tourist industry.
"This is a $100 million economic gift from Christo over the next two years," said Doug Shane, executive director of the Cañon City Chamber of Commerce. "Advertising value equivalency of this project simply cannot be estimated at this time but can be estimated by taking all of the print, TV chatter, radio chatter, Internet interest and putting a multiplier of three to 10 times what it would cost to purchase that kind of air time."
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"Unapologetically pursuing and tracking patterns within the news others make since 2010."
January 2, 2012
SandBox Comments: Canon City Daily Record "'Over The River' No. 1 story of the year"
"On Nov. 7, "Over The River" reached its most significant milestone since the temporary work of art's vision was conceived on canvas in artist Christo's New York studio in 1992.
After a three-year comprehensive analysis, the Bureau of Land Management announced its Record of Decision this fall, giving federal approval to Christo and the late Jeanne-Claude's original vision to suspend 5.9 miles (3,200,000 square feet) of fabric panels along a 42-mile stretch of the Arkansas River.
Christo, 76, said OTR is the first ever art project to require an Environmental Impact Statement, which normally is reserved for major infrastructures such as bridges, highways, dams and airports.
"This is a historic event, that for the first time in the history of art and the history of the federal government of the United States, a work of art has an Environmental Impact Statement," Christo said during a luncheon with Friends of Over The River and civic and business leaders at the Fremont Center for the Arts earlier this month.
From 1992 to 1994, the artists and their team traveled 14,000 miles in the Rocky Mountains in search of a site for the project. After prospecting 89 rivers in seven states, six possible locations were found. The Arkansas River was selected in 1996.
The project since has been a hot topic in several community meetings and public hearings in Fremont and Chaffee counties. It required a nearly three-year, 1,686 page comprehensive analysis by the BLM, which ultimately identified all potential impacts and more than 100 measures to mitigate traffic, safety, wildlife and other concerns...."
(CARIE CANTERBURY )
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After a three-year comprehensive analysis, the Bureau of Land Management announced its Record of Decision this fall, giving federal approval to Christo and the late Jeanne-Claude's original vision to suspend 5.9 miles (3,200,000 square feet) of fabric panels along a 42-mile stretch of the Arkansas River.
Christo, 76, said OTR is the first ever art project to require an Environmental Impact Statement, which normally is reserved for major infrastructures such as bridges, highways, dams and airports.
"This is a historic event, that for the first time in the history of art and the history of the federal government of the United States, a work of art has an Environmental Impact Statement," Christo said during a luncheon with Friends of Over The River and civic and business leaders at the Fremont Center for the Arts earlier this month.
From 1992 to 1994, the artists and their team traveled 14,000 miles in the Rocky Mountains in search of a site for the project. After prospecting 89 rivers in seven states, six possible locations were found. The Arkansas River was selected in 1996.
The project since has been a hot topic in several community meetings and public hearings in Fremont and Chaffee counties. It required a nearly three-year, 1,686 page comprehensive analysis by the BLM, which ultimately identified all potential impacts and more than 100 measures to mitigate traffic, safety, wildlife and other concerns...."
(CARIE CANTERBURY )
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