John FischerE 48th St between Park Ave and Madison AveHeart Three · Location 219 · Drawn March 2003Hover over or select the image to reveal a hidden view.PhotographsDownload photograph 1Download photograph 2Download photograph 3Download photograph 4Download photograph 5Download photograph 6Download photograph 7Download photograph 8Video podcast0:00Starbucks is still here on the northwest corner of East 48th Street and Park Avenue.0:07Not much has changed in this space in the last couple of years.0:09The short, warm, textured stone wall with the green plants on top of it0:14is still bordering the outside cafe for the Starbucks.0:18This time, however, we are just making audio recordings and taking photographs of nowhere spaces.0:24There are no managers and no security guards questioning our efforts.0:28The location is bordered on the sidewalk by a long, long rectangular metal gate.0:35This is John Fischer. He was drawn in March of 2003.0:40His drawing is counting five people.0:43We have given the Valley Guard something to focus on,0:46and they watch us as we set up shop across the street, facing away from their bank buildings.0:51It is an empty day, and we are the only pedestrians on the block.0:54As our drawing is wrapping up, a managerial shadow is cast over the wall.0:59It is my belief that the Valley Guards have placed a call to the adjacent Starbucks,1:04and we are left to clarify our intentions to its manager.1:08There is still some snow on the ground, and with the coming of spring,1:11it is my romantic hope that all parties involved in these scenarios will be warmer and more jovial.1:18John Fischer’s wife, Jean, remembers that when they were dating,1:22the heavens would invariably open up.1:25But there was a Friday last September when they met in the city.1:28Come on, let's have dinner, he said.1:30She had just had her hair cut.1:32The children were back in Staten Island.1:34The lights glowed, all downtown hummed, and it did not rain.← Location 218Heart Three · Location 219Location 220 →
