Thomas MoodyE 116th St between 2nd Ave and 1st AveHeart Four · Location 447 · Drawn July 2004Download photograph 1Download photograph 2Download photograph 3Download photograph 4Video podcast0:00Near the center of East 116th, between 2nd and 1st Avenue, you'll find an income tax service on the north side of the street.0:10The address is 333, and it's notable because on the second floor is a cardboard cutout of Marilyn Monroe.0:17And the left-hand window is another portrait of Monroe, done in the style of Andy Warhol.0:24This building is white. To the right of it is an ochre-yellow building.0:28The drawing was made bridging these two surfaces from the concrete yellow to the concrete white.0:35This is Captain Thomas Moody.0:38He was drawn in July of 2004.0:41His drawing is counting one person.0:46There's another drawing here.0:47This is the Marilyn Monroe building.0:49Oh really?0:50Yes.0:51Oh yeah. There she is.0:53Here she is, Marilyn Monroe, a Marilyn Monroe portrait in the second story window there0:58on either side of the air conditioner.1:00Someone's a fan and wants the world to know it.1:02Oh look, and there's the Monroe Bakery across the street.1:06Oh, Morrone.1:09So, in order for the project to be completed now, I mean, obviously like the drawing stage1:13is over and done with and has been over and done with, and the documentation stage is1:17basically over and done with.1:18So now the stage that you're at is the compiling of all of the documentation to present to the public,1:23which is why I'm here and is why you're spending so many hours in front of the computer1:26and anxiously anticipating the arrival of the 11th of September 2006,1:32at which point I guess you hope to share this information with the family members.1:35We're taking the last financial suicidal risk we can,1:40and we've had to bring in graphic designers and web architects to take our information1:45and help us jump over the last hurdles because we need searchable databases1:51that we are just not capable of.1:55I take that back.1:56We could learn it, but why?1:59This is your classic case of when your car is broken, you bring it to a mechanic2:03because you don't want to dedicate your life to learning how to fix your car.2:06It's the same problem right now.2:09Captain Thomas Moody loved to give people the elbow.2:12He would be telling a joke, kidding someone, and if they didn't get it right away, he would2:17give you the elbow and the ribs," said his wife Maureen.2:20He loved to tease.2:23But for all his teasing and literal ribbing, Captain Moody was quiet at heart.2:28An 18-year veteran of the fire department, he was working to be transferred to the hazardous2:33materials team so he could make full use of his degree.← Location 446Heart Four · Location 447Location 448 →
