Robert NagelE 106th St between 2nd Ave and 3rd AveHeart Four · Location 462 · 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 15Show all 15 photographsVideo podcast0:00On the south-west corner of East 106th Street and 2nd Avenue is a squarish, pinkish building.0:08On the exact corner is the restaurant entitled Triple A and this pinkish building has two0:15entrances facing onto 106th Street.0:19Between those two entrances there is a small rectangle protruding from the brick surface.0:24This rectangle provided a seat for this figure drawn in tape on this roughly textured surface beneath it.0:33This is Lieutenant Robert Nagel. He was drawn in July of 2004.0:39His drawing is counting one person.0:42Across the street between that purple door and that black door is that little tiny rectangle at sitting level.0:49You can imagine the figure was drawn sitting on that little detail.0:55The group of people that are working on this project right now are basically taking all of this data, creating new content, and trying to pay their respect to all the effort that's been made to this date.1:09So we are revisiting every single scrap of data, literally every single file, and trying our best to make sure that nobody's efforts go to waste.1:20It's only through the accomplishment of making it successful.1:26I'm using the word artistic only to describe the idea that it needs to communicate a certain1:32thing and if it doesn't communicate that thing, it's not that we've wasted our time because1:37even if no one sees the project, it would have been a good process for us.1:41We got to spend a lot of time together and that's nice, but we're taking it upon ourselves1:45right now to sort of clean up our own mess, make sure no one's time was in vain.1:51Lieutenant Nagel, a member of Engine Company 58, lived in Manhattan with his wife and their1:57daughter, Bridget. The other thing that captivated him was science fiction. Hundreds of science2:02fiction books were spread around the house. He was the type of person who let people know2:08what was on his mind. He could discourse at considerable length on almost any subject2:13when he sensed a distinct waning of interest.← Location 461Heart Four · Location 462Location 463 →
