Gary Geidel10th Ave between W 59th St and 60th StHeart Three · Location 244 · 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 podcast0:00There is a bus shelter on 10th Avenue between West 59th Street and West 60th Street.0:07It's on the east side of the street in front of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice0:12and across the street from the Duane Reade.0:15The drawing was made on one of the three glass panels.0:19We drew from the inside of the shelter on the glass panel adjutting the advertising0:25facing into the waiting people.0:28This is Gary Geidel.0:30He was drawn in March of 2003.0:33His drawing is counting three people.0:38Bus stops have been in the past a tricky place to draw, mostly due to the vigilant eye of bus drivers.0:44We checked the bus schedule to confirm that we had time before a bus was supposed to come.0:49I sat down to drawing while Adriana shot process documentation and kept a lookout for the hulking buses cruising by.0:57Drawing in a glass box does not provide much cover,1:00and this drawing performance was open for all to see from any angle.1:04Adriana gave me a heads up that a police car is coming.1:07I am sitting on the ground with my back to the glass,1:10running through all the possible scenarios that could unfold.1:13The possibilities run the full spectrum from the urge to run away1:17to sharing a bagel at a local diner.1:19As they came closer, I waved.1:21They waved back, smiled, and passed on.1:27Gary Geidel, 44, a lifelong Tottenville resident and firefighter with Rescue Company 1, Manhattan,1:34was two weeks shy of retirement.1:36Mr. Geidel was putting in overtime on the morning of September 11th1:40as he rushed toward the World Trade Center, determined to join his company in the rescue efforts,1:44just as he did during the bombing in 1993.← Location 243Heart Three · Location 244Location 245 →
