Thomas W KellyE 56th St between 3rd Ave and 2nd AveHeart Three · Location 337 · Drawn March 2004Hover 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 podcast0:00The location for this drawing is near the midway point of East 56th Street between 3rd and 2nd Avenue.0:05It's across the street from the black ominous building that houses the Outback Steakhouse.0:10If you go to 209 East 56th Street, there's a set of carpeted gray stairs that leads down,0:16then takes a 90 degree turn to the left and continues its downward descent.0:20We drew the figure on the two white concrete planes that meet where the stair takes its turn to the left.0:27This is Thomas W. Kelly.0:30He was drawn in March of 2004. His drawing is counting one person.0:38Thank you. This is sent out to the tattooed, muscle-bound, straight-faced security guard who let us keep drawing and encouraged us to get it done as fast as possible. Thank you.0:51When searching the center of the block for a space to draw, I spied the sunken, carpeted0:56stairwell.0:57The store at the bottom was closed, and I squatted down to start my drawing.1:02The figure was going to be drawn as a mirror of my squatted position, and I enthusiastically1:07removed the first piece of tape to start drawing.1:10When tape is removed from the roll quickly, it makes a loud, static-y, backwards hissing1:16sound.1:16More often than not, the sound is what alarms people who are passing by. It is not an easy one to identify. To some ears, it sounds like something tearing. To others, it sounds like a man in vinyl pants sliding quickly down a metal slide. To me, it just sounds like drawing.1:34To the security guard who rushed to the ledge above me, shot his head over and yelled, what do you think you're doing? Who knows what it sounded like.1:42Thomas W. Kelly, quietly stuck by his friends, worked a second job to help his widowed mother,1:49and at Ladder Company 15 in Manhattan, was known as Mr. Dependable, a mentor to the probies.1:55This Sinatra fan and father of two sons had a big, squishy, sentimental streak.2:01Raised in Brooklyn, he bled Dodger Blue so truly that he paid a thousand...← Location 336Heart Three · Location 337Location 338 →
