Steve MercadoW 120th St between 5th Ave and Lenox AveHeart Four · Location 427 · 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 14Show all 14 photographsVideo podcast0:00On the south side of East 120th Street, between Malcolm X and Fifth Avenue, are a series of residential buildings, some occupied, some not.0:11To the right of number 16 is a building that appears to be under renovation.0:17It looks like good times are ahead for this building, and as of spring 2006, the top two stories have new windows in them.0:25When we drew on this building several years ago, the front entrance was covered with plywood0:30and covered in marks from various sources.0:34And we added to those layers of marks with our green tape.0:38This is Steve Mercado.0:40He was drawn in July of 2004.0:44His drawing is counting one person.0:47Would you like to tell us where we are now?0:49There's a location right there.0:52And we're going into Marcus Garvey Park and we are climbing up slowly to the second peak1:00on the heart.1:01And in Marcus Garvey Park we have a whole collection of rock surfaces that we're going1:07to take a look at.1:08While growing up in the Bronx, Steve Mercado wanted to play for the Yankees.1:12And even though he ended up becoming a firefighter, he did not exactly leave his boyhood dream1:17behind.1:18He played softball with other firefighters, he presided over a stickball league, and he1:24was helping to create a baseball and stickball league for children under nine.1:27He had his fingers in everything, said his mother.1:30Every time someone calls, I say, I didn't know that.← Location 426Heart Four · Location 427Location 428 →
