Sonia Morales PuopoloE 53rd St between 3rd Ave and Lexington AveHeart Three · Location 340 · 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 8Download photograph 9Video podcast0:00On the southwest corner of 3rd Avenue and East 53rd Street is a Duane Reade.0:06West of 3rd Avenue, you'll find the entrance for 160 Memorial Sloan Kettering.0:11It's caddy-corner to the Duane Reade, and in front of that is a brand new tree.0:15The tree is only two years old, and it's planted in front of where the construction materials were that we made this drawing.0:21The drawing was drawn on a black-knitted surface facing the Duane Reade.0:25This is Sonia Morales, [name unclear].0:29She was drawn in March of 2004.0:33Her drawing is counting one person.0:37What a great space.0:39No one likes a construction site.0:41The sooner the utilitarian clutter leaves, the better.0:44Siding with these jumbles of materials gives us a green light to do whatever we want.0:49The quicker the construction project, the uglier it is.0:53We stumbled across a real ugly one.0:55we were able to relax and beautify this space with a beautiful person.0:59Of note is the store window directly behind us.1:02A large Duane Reade window displays a panoramic view of the Manhattan skyline at night.1:08Included in this skyline are the World Trade Towers.1:11I want to believe that they have made a decision to leave the image up.1:15Do you remember that in the fall of 2001,1:17major Hollywood movie studios were scrambling to remove the World Trade Towers from upcoming releases?1:23Most famously, the first Spider-Man movie digitally removed the towers.1:27And it seems for every deleted tower, there are a hundred more being sold in photograph form on the street corners and in souvenir stores.1:35Additional note from summer of 2004.1:37I just saw a full-page ad for an upcoming Beastie Boys album in the New York Times with an impressive hand-drawn illustration of Lower Manhattan.1:46With the World Trade Center towers looming gracefully above all other buildings.1:52It did catch me off guard, but I applaud the decision to present Manhattan the way that they have always known it.2:01Sonia Morales-Puopolo, a former ballet dancer born in Puerto Rico,2:06hosted fundraising events in Boston and Miami for Clinton's Senate race2:10and attended a state dinner at the White House in 2000.2:14Among her favorite charities were the American Red Cross,2:16the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, AIDS Action Committee, and the American Cancer Society.← Location 339Heart Three · Location 340Location 341 →
