Joseph MaloneyW 106th St between West End Ave and Riverside DrHeart Four · Location 385 · Drawn July 2004Download 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 17Show all 17 photographsVideo podcast0:00On West 106th Street, west of West End Avenue, on the north side of the street, you'll find an alleyway0:06marked by two brownish metal gates that swing out. The gates are labeled by a sign that says0:12Active Driveway, and in succession of addresses would be number 301 if it had a door front.0:19The drawing was done on the raw brick surface just inside this active driveway on the right-hand side0:26underneath the first window.0:30This is Joseph Maloney.0:32He was drawn in July of 2004.0:35His drawing is counting one person.0:39So remind me in total how many people0:42were involved with making these drawings.0:44If you put them in order by like,0:46volume of drawing, there's me, Andrew.0:51I think it's Andrew.0:53Andrew and Jay are sort of neck and neck.0:55Then we have, probably me and James0:57were probably neck and neck too.1:00Karen drew one.1:01And then there were the ones in the park are a great example of just collaboration where we all sort of have to team in to get the whole thing accomplished.1:12The list of people that have helped out at some point or another, not just in Manhattan, but in the project, on the computers, digitally helping out,1:21coming by one or two afternoons1:24to spend some time looking at lists of people1:27and comparing that list to another list1:29to try to sort out the final list.1:31Yeah, proofreading.1:32It goes on and on.1:34I mean, I'm actually, I want to try to do it.1:38It's easy.1:39It includes your dad.1:40First and foremost, Carmen.1:42Carmen.1:43Carmen, our masterful list checker.1:46She is a, you can send her 2,000 web pages,1:50We just say, here's three Excel spreadsheets, go through them all and make sure we spell everybody's name right.1:56And if it's wrong, it's because it's wrong in the original document.2:00She is a machine, and she's creating a lot of original content.2:03She's making the new maps that we, for all of us to enjoy.2:06Susan came by and helped out.2:10Shizuka.2:11Mike's dad edited, proof read, sorry, most of the text.2:14[unclear] hours pumping iron.2:17Sometimes another beefy firefighter would lift a personal best.2:21Then Big Joe would come over, casually add 10 pounds to the bar,2:26and lift it with ease, keeping his rival's ego in check.2:30That strength came in handy when a fellow firefighter once fell into an elevator shaft of a fire-damaged building.2:38Big Joe stretched one brawny arm into the hole and plucked out the firefighter.← Location 384Heart Four · Location 385Location 386 →
