Manuel DelValleE 25th St between 3rd Ave and 2nd AveHeart Two · Location 191 · Drawn October 20021234567Select 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 podcast0:00A northeast corner of 25th Street and 3rd Avenue is a south-facing wall of red brick punctuated by four ventilation grates.0:12The drawing that we made is directly underneath the largest of those grates.0:17This is Manuel Del Valle. He was drawn in October of 2002. His drawing is counting eight people.0:26This neighborhood has been a difficult one for us.0:29Suspicious glances and frowning faces have been an all too common theme.0:34We have playfully settled on the nickname Tattletail Hill for this hill belonging to0:40Murray.0:41The persistent threat of unpleasantness has us taping as quickly as we can, but we will0:46not sacrifice the quality of the portraits we are drawing.0:50Manuel, who graduated from the University of Maryland, was also an accomplished mogul0:54skier and roller skater, a traveler, a lover of war movies, and his family says a ladies' man.1:00He also got Engine Company No. 5, where he was assigned to participate in the Puerto Rican Day1:05Parade. He was the only one in the family who always sent a card and a gift to send.← Location 190Heart Two · Location 191Location 192 →
