James CoyleE 36th St between 1st Ave and The FDRHeart Two · Location 180 · 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 4Download photograph 5Download photograph 6Download photograph 7Download photograph 8Video podcast0:00On the southeast corner of 36th Street and 1st Avenue is what appears to be a very flat gravel pit.0:09Several years ago, there was a construction wall encircling this shallow pit.0:14The wall is gone, the drawing is gone, and there's a seven-foot-high chain-link fence encircling the site.0:23This is James Coyle. He was drawn in October of 2002.0:28and two. His drawing is counting ten people. Thank goodness for this wall. It is a construction site0:36and as we drew, workers moved in and out and gave approving nods. This directly supporting0:41environment gave us the luxury of drawing with ease. We had half a dozen high-rise spectators0:47and calmly navigated their icy stairs. James Coyle was utterly impervious to the opinions of others.0:54Last year, the 6'2 firefighter enrolled in ballet classes at the YMCA in Manhattan,0:59a somewhat unusual move for the oldest son in a man's man family of firemen, cops, and court officers.1:05He did it, he said, to meet girls.1:07By the fourth class, it's okay to make a move, Coyle, 28, told his mother.← Location 179Heart Two · Location 180Location 181 →
