Martin McWilliamsW 116th St between 7th Ave and Lenox AveHeart Four · Location 421 · 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 13Show all 13 photographsVideo podcast0:00On West 116th Street, halfway between the Adam Clayton Powell Junior Boulevard and Lenox Avenue,0:07is a building that's seen better days on the south side of the street.0:11Years ago it was a record store, but as of spring 2006, the entire storefront,0:16the building to the left of the Canon Baptist Church of Christ has been painted battleship gray,0:22the stairs, the gate, the wall, and the decorative columns.0:27The john was done to the left of the entrance to this building.0:30It's to the right of 128 West.0:34This is Martin McWilliams.0:36He was drawn in July of 2004.0:40His drawing is counting one person.0:44This is it.0:45There and across this room on that gray wall.0:49Alpha Fashions for ladies and men's wear.0:53Right.0:56That's that, right? Across the street?0:58Yeah.0:58Look at this.1:00Someone's sitting there, watching, like someone's sitting right across on the sidewalk watching this drawing.1:05Then there's little kids doing tape art.1:07Oh my god.1:09And then Jay is drawing.1:12And he's drawing on that building and now he's talking to the kids.1:15So this is one of those very strange cases where we...1:17It's possible I was right over here or something.1:19I [unclear]...1:20Completely objectifying the experience.1:22I mean, look at this.1:22I think I took those photographs actually.1:25I don't remember the interaction though because I came later.1:28Well, it appears that they were doing tape art, doing some tapings.1:43At age four, he grabbed a screwdriver from his father's toolbox,1:47correctly choosing a Phillips head, and dismantled the neighbor's storm door.1:51When he grew up, there was no stopping him from tilling kitchens,1:55installing new windows and siding or putting up wallpaper.1:59He could do just about everything, said his mother Mary.2:02He was always ready to help.2:05Towards the end of Mr. McWilliam's life, he became a father for the first time.2:10The baby, Sarah, is now six months old.2:13I'm in love with her, he used to tell his family.← Location 420Heart Four · Location 421Location 422 →
