William HenryE 85th St between Park Ave and Madison AveHeart Three · Location 301 · Drawn July 2004Hover over or select an image to reveal a hidden view.PhotographsDownload photograph 1Download photograph 2Download photograph 3Download photograph 4Download photograph 5Download photograph 6Download photograph 7Download photograph 8Download photograph 9Download photograph 10Download photograph 11Download photograph 12Download photograph 13Download photograph 14Download photograph 15Download photograph 16Download photograph 17Download photograph 18Download photograph 19Download photograph 20Download photograph 21Download photograph 22Download photograph 23Download photograph 24Download photograph 25Download photograph 26Download photograph 27Download photograph 28Download photograph 29Show all 29 photographsVideo podcast0:00The strongest location was on a church on East 85th Street between Park Avenue and Madison.0:07The name of the church is the Park Avenue Christian Church.0:12On East 85th Street are two doors, a set of double doors leading into the main chapel.0:18Further down, you find another set of double doors with long, ornate black metal hinges0:25and equally ornate faceplates where the handles used to be.0:30The drawing that we made was on the stone surface just to the right of these double doors.0:37This is William Henry.0:39He was drawn in June of 2003.0:42His drawing is counting ten people.0:47The next three drawings are all of the same man.0:50One William Henry.0:53Mr. Henry was drawn three times out of a miscommunication between myself and Andrew.1:00honest, it is a miracle that this does not happen more often. Every single person is1:04drawn from our memory of what we have read and a photograph that we carry with us. After1:09we draw on a location, we mark it off with a dot on our master map. This map is passed1:14back and forth between us, as well as the reference portraits. And how it all comes1:20together sometimes is a real act of serendipitous luck. Each time we draw someone, we mark it1:26[unclear] dot on the map exactly where it was drawn.1:29That dot is numbered, and that number is put on a reference photograph.1:33When I was doing the project by myself, I wouldn't even number the dots on the map.1:38I would just memorize it.1:40At any given time, there would be dozens of names and locations locked in my head.1:44But now, the collaborative world has blessed me, and I am with like-minded folks working away on this.1:50Maps are numbered now.1:52However, sometimes we draw the same person three times.1:55Hopefully, just this once.1:57William Henry Jr., who was known as Bill or Buddy, had a galaxy of friends and admirers that stretched from the Ladder 24 firehouse on West 31st Street to the paddle tennis courts at windswept Jacob Rice Point in the Rockways.2:13He spent his vacations in places like Brazil and his free time fixing up houses for people like his mother.2:20He also let all kinds of post-conflagration messiness build up on his coat and helmet← Location 300Heart Three · Location 301Location 302 →
