Patrick ByrneW 48th St between 7th Ave and 6th AveHeart Two · Location 154 · Drawn March 200412345Select 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 5Download photograph 6Download photograph 7Download photograph 8Download photograph 9Download photograph 10Download photograph 11Download photograph 12Download photograph 13Download photograph 14Download photograph 15Show all 15 photographsVideo podcast0:00The Strong's location is in a corporate plaza near 137 West 48th Street between 6th and 7th Avenue.0:08On the north side of the street, you'll find an entrance between two buildings that is a manicured, well-planned park.0:16The most notable feature as you're walking in is a circular entrance that sometimes during the summer has water rolling off of its glass protective encasing.0:26As you enter into this space, to the left are three trees.0:30Walk past the first, and you'll see two more trees.0:33The drawing was made on the yellow stucco concrete surface behind them,0:38spaced evenly between the two trees in front of it.0:42This is Patrick Byrne. He was drawn in March of 2004.0:47His drawing is counting ten people.0:51I, and we, have been turned away from this space on several occasions.0:56One of my favorites was when we were asked to go inside and talk to the management.1:01We were put on the front desk phone to talk with the management in the scraper above us.1:05We had one story, and they had dozens of stories between us.1:10The story was repeated verbatim to every new voice I heard.1:14There was talk of writing proposals, approving sketches, and of course, talking to people further up the chain.1:20It was a no that went on for 40 minutes and was an intriguing enough choir of indecision that it was a privilege to behold it.1:31It is always a privilege to have time on our side.1:35Two years later, on a brisk end of winter day, we have found the opening to casually draw Patrick Byrne in this peaceful, considered, and well-guarded urban park.1:47He was an excellent firefighter who knew his job, said Burns Fire Captain Thomas Giordano.1:52Whenever a family member would ask Burns what he did at the firehouse, his mother would say in reply,1:56fighting fires, saving lives.← Location 153Heart Two · Location 154Location 155 →
