Samuel OiticeE 95th St between Park Ave and Madison AveHeart Four · Location 478 · Drawn July 2004Download photograph 1Download photograph 2Download photograph 3Download photograph 4Download photograph 5Download photograph 6Download photograph 7Download photograph 8Download photograph 9Download photograph 10Download photograph 11Video podcast0:00On East 95th Street between Park and Madison, the street is dominated by a tall, seemingly0:10windowless structure made of brick.0:13The school has a sign for Hunter College Campus Schools.0:18In the center of the block is a circular tower with four windows on it facing onto 95th Street.0:27The edges of this tower curve off into its park area and on the left curves off0:35and meets the 90 degree angles of the brick structure to its east creating an0:40interesting skyward valley. At the base of this tall valley the drawing was made0:47on the short side of the brick between curved surfaces and flat surfaces.0:55This is Samuel Oitice. He was drawn in July of 2004. His drawing is counting one person.1:04The aftermath of this event, and I think its impact on politics and culture and sort of the national mood and conversation,1:13sort of can't be underestimated, but we're still sort of seeing it. You know, it's still kind of unfolding and changing.1:20And in some ways, it's just too immense and too nuanced.1:25Yeah, to figure out, I mean, there's a million different answers,1:28but I don't know.1:30Where do you at least start to answer that question?1:34A member of the Peekskill Volunteer Fire Department since his youth,1:38Samuel Oitice loved fighting fires so much1:41that he joined Ladder Company 4, Edgen 54, in Manhattan about 15 years ago.1:47A graduate of Peekskill High School...← Location 477Heart Four · Location 478Location 479 →
