50 Years in the Making, Christo and Jeanne Claude's Floating Piers is Already Gone

Over the weekend, the last wave of visitors got to experience Christo and Jeanne Claude's bright 100,000 square-foot floating walkway. The art installation, which connects Venice and Milan through Italy's Lake Iseo was the final choice, as Tokyo Bay and Río de la Plata were also up for consideration. It took the artist and a team of engineers and researches nearly 50 years to properly plan the project, however after deciding on a location, actual construction only took about 22 months. The pie...