Christo eyes Central Park

The artist Christo will drape orange-yellow banners on about 23 miles of pathways in Manhattan’s Central Park for two weeks in February 2005, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Wednesday.

The project, called “The Gates,” will consist of 7,500 gates with hanging saffron-colored cloth and will be financed by Christo and his wife, Jeanne-Claude, the mayor said. The artists said they would donate $3 million to the Central Park Conservancy, which runs the park.