Scott DavidsonE 28th St between 2nd Ave and 3rd AveHeart Two · Location 188 · 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 has undergone quite a transformation. On the southwest corner of 28th Street and0:082nd Avenue is a deli. The north facing wall is covered with graffiti and generally neglected,0:15making it a perfect space to draw. As of Spring 2006, the wall is encased with clear plastic0:22flaps behind which flowers and fruits are sold and the wall has been painted white.0:27This is Scott Davidson. He was drawn in October of 2002. His drawing is counting 10 people.0:36The newspapers are starting to show evidence of the inevitable great debate over what type of memorial will be built in and around the location of the World Trade Center.0:46It is going to be a bitter debate. The CNN website is providing an interesting outlet for all those willing to chime in with an opinion.0:53On a weekly basis, they add to an impressively diverse range of design ideas sent in from1:00all over the world.1:01Renditions of new buildings created with everything from crayons to 3D computer modeling shows1:07youthful problem solving pitted against trained architects.1:11A large number of proposals focus on leaving the space as a park with various sculptures.1:16Others lust for replacing the buildings with even taller structures.1:20There are hundreds of proposals.1:21For now, I am impressed by the two towers of light stretching up from ground zero.1:29Firefighter Davison was also a bartender, the father of Peter 8 and Casey 4, a substitute teacher at Intermediate School 49 near his home in Brooklyn,1:38and an unabashed patriot long before the World Trade Center fire that he died fighting on September 11.1:44He loved all things American, Mr. Sarage said.← Location 187Heart Two · Location 188Location 189 →
