John NapolitanoE 105th St between 2nd Ave and 3rd AveHeart Four · Location 463 · 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 16Download photograph 17Download photograph 18Download photograph 19Show all 19 photographsVideo podcast0:00On the north-west corner of 2nd Avenue and East 105th Street is a restaurant.0:07This restaurant sets itself apart from the world with a neon green painted0:11sturdy metal fence encaging its outside eating area. If you were to enter into0:18this eating patio and follow it along 105th Street you'd find a wooden0:24structure ripe for hanging vines and lanterns in the summertime. The drawing0:30was made just beyond this wooden structure on the white and stucco covered0:34surface behind it. The wooden structure closest to 106th Street created a0:39rectangular frame around this drawing. This is John Napolitano. He was drawn in0:46July of 2004. His drawing is counting one person. Speaking of cleaning up messes,0:53This business we just passed, an Italian and Brazilian restaurant, is keeping their business pretty clean too.1:00And beyond that, bordering it with a really beautiful composition of green and yellow.1:05Lemon lime fence.1:08We were granted permission by these business owners to enter their territory that has been fenced off,1:13although beautifully, and draw on the back wall.1:16A little wood. What are those things called?1:18Trellis.1:19Trellis, thank you.1:21Underneath the wood trellis.1:23Last time we were wandering through this neighborhood a couple weeks ago,1:26Colin and I saw this man walk by with a shirt that said,1:29what was the phrasing?1:31I survived the September 11th attack.1:34Picture of the World Trade Center.1:36I was inside the World Trade Center.1:38There was the other insinuation on it.1:41I remember the exact words, but the shirt was very, very clear1:45to say that he was inside the World Trade Center and he made it out.1:49He didn't have to wear medals on his chest, said his father, John.1:53I really admired him, not for what he did for a living,1:56but for how he lived his life.1:58Lieutenant Napolitano was a fireman's fireman.2:02He'd go into a fire that was roaring so loud2:05we couldn't hear anything, a firefighter friend said.2:09I was right behind him, pumping the hose.← Location 462Heart Four · Location 463Location 464 →
