Ronald Bucca9th Ave between W 51st St and 50th StHeart Two · Location 147 · Drawn December 20011234567Select a number to open a drawing state.The published 2006 collage is shown above. The numbered links open archival images. Use your browser’s Back button to return here.PhotographsDownload photograph 1Download photograph 2Download photograph 3Download photograph 4Download photograph 5Video podcast0:00On 9th Avenue, between West 51st and West 50th Street, on the east side of the street, at number 750, you'll find the remains of Lenore's Unisex Beauty Salon.0:12I met Lenore back in December of 2001, and she allowed me inside to make the drawing on one of the walls on the entranceway.0:20As of spring 2006, Lenore and her business are gone, and the building is all gated up,0:26and there's a claim that coming soon will be a Cold Stone Creamery.0:30That sign is dirty and ripped.0:33This is Fire Marshal Ronald Bucca.0:36He was drawn in December of 2001.0:40His drawing is counting ten people.1:03Ronald Bucca was nicknamed the Flying Fireman in 19861:06after he fell spectacularly from a tenement fire escape,1:10spun around a cable, strung through the backyard, and lived to tell the tale.1:13And that was just one of his moments.1:15His specialty was rescuing mankind from smoke and flames.← Location 146Heart Two · Location 147Location 148 →
