Thomas FoleyW 51st St between 6th Ave and 5th AveHeart Three · Location 226 · Drawn March 2003Hover over or select the image to reveal a hidden view.PhotographsDownload photograph 1Download photograph 2Download photograph 3Download photograph 4Download photograph 5Video podcast0:00The location for this drawing is another entranceway.0:02It's east of 6th Avenue on West 51st Street.0:07It's an entranceway that leads into Radio City Music Hall.0:11East of 6th Avenue, it's the first entranceway on the south side of the street.0:16It's bordered on either side by a bright yellow concrete car bumper,0:22and to the right of it, a combination firestand pipe and sprinkler labeled Office Building.0:27The door in the entranceway is a polished gold surface.0:31Our drawing was made in a comfortable space to the right of it on a bespeckled granite surface.0:37This is Thomas Foley. He was drawn in March of 2003.0:43His drawing is counting five people.0:47Radio City Music Hall is our next step.0:50This major landmark is a great reminder of the tour we are taking of the city.0:55We have proven that you cannot follow a line on a map of Manhattan, no matter how serendipitous, without crossing over a major landmark.1:06The ubiquity of these landmarks is the premeditative thrill that anyone planning a visit to New York automatically experiences.1:14On a planned tour, you will find these landmarks. On a random walkabout, you will find these landmarks.1:22Today we are seeing tours going in and out of Radio City.1:26They have come to enjoy a show, say they have been there, capture a photograph, revel in its history, kill some time, and or add it to their memory collection.1:37We have recently labeled our interaction with these buildings, the new tourism.1:42We study the textures of the buildings, tread lightly, transform quickly, document our fleeting additions and move on.1:50The paths we are following are determined by a pen line on a map.1:54We are not just visiting, we are studying the caves of bears,1:58looking to quietly draw at their entrance and slip away2:02with hopes of approval from the bears and all the other woodland creatures.2:08Thomas Foley, who lived in Nyack, New York, started out shy,2:12said Joanne Foley Grose, his sister.2:14But as an adult, he pursued interests like bull riding and hunting2:19his German short-haired pointer, Maggie, into a field trial champion.← Location 225Heart Three · Location 226Location 227 →
