Brian CannizzaroW 43rd St between 5th Ave and 6th AveHeart Two · Location 161 · Drawn September 2002123Select 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 4Video podcast0:00On the north side of West 43rd Street is a fire station for Engine Company 65.0:07It's between 6th and 5th Avenue.0:10We were fortunate enough to be able to do a drawing inside the station,0:13and if you were privileged enough to go inside,0:17you would find the wall that we had made the drawing behind where the emergency vehicle is parked,0:22deep in the station on the left-hand side.0:25This is Brian Cannizzaro.0:26He was drawn in September of 2002.0:30His drawing is counting 10 people.0:34This drawing was done inside another firehouse that serendipitously lay in the path of the0:38firemen we are drawing.0:40We arrived there at night when they were all out on a call and decided therefore to come0:45back the next morning.0:47As is sadly expected, they had lost members of their station on September 11.0:52We were given time to give a synopsis of our progress and intent.0:57They graciously invited us in to draw on their walls.1:01We made ourselves at home while they went out on another call.1:05So we finished up our work alone and said our goodbyes.1:08Brian handled fatherhood with his usual grace,1:11rearranging his schedule to stay home with Christopher during the day1:14when his wife returned to work as a schoolteacher in September.1:17You have just never seen a more proud father, she said.1:19He cooked, he took care of the baby.1:21He'd walk my son around the neighborhood.← Location 160Heart Two · Location 161Location 162 →
