Louis ModafferiE 121st St between Lexington Ave and Park AveHeart Four · Location 437 · 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 16Show all 16 photographsVideo podcast0:00There's some fantastic fencing on East 121st Street between Park and Lexington.0:06Right smack in the middle of the street on the north side, chain link fencing encircles0:11the garbage containers for the apartment buildings surrounding it.0:15This fence is infused with long-needled astroturf blocking the view behind it.0:22The drawing was made with tape pressed onto this astroturf just to the left of the rolling0:30into the space behind it.0:31This is Captain Louis Modafferi.0:34He was drawn in July of 2004.0:37His drawing is counting one person.0:42This is the trash dump for these large, tall apartment buildings.0:46The trash dump is surrounded by a 6 1⁄2-foot chain link fence0:51that's embedded with long astroturf.0:54So all you see is not necessarily the trash,0:57but just a wall of astroturf.1:00and we did one of the drawings on there,1:03and the outline of the figure obviously captures a section of that astroturf1:08and turns it into a person.1:11So do you feel good about the name as you've arrived at it,1:15or do you feel like it doesn't...1:16It's a great name. It's really open-ended.1:19It's a great name for the cumulative effort over the years,1:24you know, encompassing all of the projects that have been undertaken,1:27beginning with Oklahoma City to today.1:31But I do know that because the Hope Project has become so all-encompassing,1:35there's been a desire to kind of redefine what it is exactly that had been done in Manhattan.1:42Lewis, who was awaiting assignment as a battalion chief,1:46was so modest that many people had no idea about his accomplishments,1:50although they knew all about those of Christine, Michael, and Joseph.1:55The captain led Staten Island's Rescue 5, an elite company that saved people from the← Location 436Heart Four · Location 437Location 438 →
