Thomas ButlerBroadway between W 49th St and W 50th StHeart Two · Location 153 · Drawn October 2002123456Select 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 podcast0:00A green frame was used for this drawing on Broadway between West 49th Street and West 50th Street.0:07On the east side of the street, as you approach West 49th, you'll see a rich green newsstand.0:15The newsstand's been there for a very long time.0:18There's a wall facing to the north with a frame large enough to comfortably fit a drawing of a person.0:25This owner was very nice and they let us make our rendition of this fireman.0:30This is Thomas Butler.0:32He was drawn in September of 2002.0:35His drawing is counting ten people.0:38The woman in this photograph saw this drawing of Thomas Butler, leaned over to touch it,0:43looked around for its creator, saw someone holding green tape and chased him down.0:48She was full of questions and each answer only generated new ones.0:52As much as she enjoyed discovering more, I enjoyed getting some feedback from the street.0:57She emphasized that these efforts had relevance no matter how long it took to finish.1:02It's good to hear.1:04Thomas Butler liked to say that in a former life he must have been a pirate.1:09You could not keep him off the water.1:11His life basically was fire and water.1:13He was a firefighter with Squad One in Brooklyn,1:15and he had a part-time job as the Bay Constable in Smithtown, New York.1:20He was my rock, said his wife, Martha.← Location 152Heart Two · Location 153Location 154 →
