Dennis OBergE 99th St between Lexington Ave and 3rd AveHeart Four · Location 470 · 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 podcast0:00Just east of Lexington Avenue, on East 99th Street, is apartment building number 153.0:07The entrance to this building looks like a fancy cave carved out of the stone in a mountain.0:14And before it, a stoop of heavy rocks painted with a dark brown.0:20There's one big square step leading to the stairs up to the entrance.0:24Bordering this square step is a bulky brown curb projecting from the building and the0:31figure was drawn sitting on that curb onto the light mocha colored brick surface behind0:38it.0:39This is Dennis Oberg.0:42He was drawn in July of 2004.0:45His drawing is counting one person.0:48Oh my god, what were we just talking about?0:50Oh yeah, the worst case scenarios.0:53So then what do you do in that case?0:54Well...0:55Has that happened?0:57No, because no one knows about the project.0:59Right, right.0:59And then we're in a tricky situation because there are hundreds and hundreds of websites1:05with the names and faces.1:07The faces are currency of information that are just almost haphazardly spread around1:16the web.1:19Though his salary was lower than in the old job, his new career was much more exciting1:25and the hours were more reasonable.1:26He was 28, recently married, and wanted to start a family on Long Island.1:31He was so much more cheerful when he came home, said his wife Christine.← Location 469Heart Four · Location 470Location 471 →
