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The bright orange barrels appeared last month, making a short, downhill section of Brooklyn's Prospect Park seem like a highway construction zone. And still not everybody slowed. Now paper is the next phase of an effort to keep cyclists from speeding through red lights. And so, the year of the ticketing blitz for cyclists has come full circle, finishing in Prospect Park what began in Central Park during the winter. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

'The Wreath: Interpretations' (through Jan. 6) A wreath shaped like a sea serpent may not be welcoming to many, but curious visitors might find it just the ticket at the Arsenal Gallery in Central Park, above, where a display of 30 offbeat holiday wreaths is on view. ''Giant Sea Serpent Wreath (Wreath of Revitalizations of Life)'' by Takeshi Yamada is an amalgam of, among other things, a taxidermic jaw, steel, paper and sand from Coney Island; other wreaths are made of sticks and stones, bottle corks and drink umbrellas. They can be viewed Mondays through Fridays, including Christmas Eve, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. And for those who think one of the wreaths would look perfect on a door, many are on sale (prices, $100 to $12,000), with a portion of the proceeds to benefit a public arts program administered by the Department of Parks and Recreation; Fifth Avenue and 64th Street, third floor; free. (Anne Mancuso) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Presents the excerpts from the papers filed on December 5, 2002 by the Manhattan district attorney's office in the Central Park jogger case.

Examines the price of the "Gates" exhibition by Christo and Jeanne-Claude held in Central Park. Price tag of $21 million and the question of how some nylon fabric, steel and vinyl tubing could have cost that much; Payment of the money by the artists without the use of any public or corporate funds; Estimated that the exhibition brought $254 million into the city's economy; Refusal of the artists to say how they came up with the sum which has stirred debate; The art installation agreement with the city which promised about $5 million in fees; Approximate prices on the physical supplies; How the artists are recouping their investment in the exhibit.