John ChipuraE 41st St between 3rd Ave and 2nd AveHeart Two · Location 172 · Drawn October 20021234Select 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 podcast0:00This space is a little bit tricky to find.0:02Halfway down 41st Street between 3rd and 2nd Avenue is an alleyway on the north side of the street.0:09It's a wide alleyway that could be mistaken for a street itself as an extension of Tunnel Exit Street.0:16On the east side of the alleyway is an entrance for the freight elevators.0:20It's just to the right of a plaque that reads, Home of the News.0:23This newspaper always will be fearless and independent.0:26It will have no entangling alliance with any class whatever, for class feeling is always antagonistic to the interests of the whole people.0:37A quote by Joseph Medill Patterson, founder, June 26, 1999.0:43To the right of that is a freight entrance.0:45It's a shallow entrance with an elevator and a wall to the left, jasping enough to host one person.0:51This is John Chipura.0:53He was drawn in October of 2002.0:57His drawing is counting 10 people.1:00At the delivery entrance, we stepped into a line of people waiting for the service elevator.1:06The group of a dozen stood waiting with their packages.1:09We waited for them to be whisked away by the elevator, then set to our drawing in the loading1:13dock, chatting up those who had remained.1:16It appeared to be a welcome bit of oddity, but it was new territory for both sides.1:21Figuring out where to draw in this alley was a challenge.1:24We faced guards, cameras, and the quizzical looks of delivery men.1:28Even in the act of documenting what we had done, I felt a great deal of tension.1:32This figure is an example of me having to very consciously calm myself before taking1:37each photo.1:40John Chipura was a city firefighter looking forward to getting married.1:44He met his fiancée, Gina DeFalco, through a friend in the department.1:47Getting married was the sole focus of his being for the last few months, said his brother, Jared Chapura.1:52He was 39 years old and finally found the right girl. He held her so close to his heart.← Location 171Heart Two · Location 172Location 173 →
