Steven Olson5th Ave between E 91st St and E 90th StHeart Four · Location 483 · 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 19Download photograph 20Show all 20 photographsVideo podcast0:00This drawing is made exactly on the south east corner of 5th Avenue and East 91st Street.0:08You'll find a heavy stone column constructed of layers of blocks0:13and supporting an ornate vase-like structure on its top, as tall as a traffic light.0:21On the flat side of this column, facing the equally tall post on the sidewalk,0:26The drawing was made standing on the base of the column, with its feet about three and0:33a half feet off the plane of the sidewalk.0:37This is Steven Olson.0:40He was drawn in July of 2004.0:43His drawing is counting five people.0:47Are we about to make our way back into Central Park?0:50Alright.0:53Beginning of the end.0:54And the day has turned really beautiful.0:58Is it fair enough to say that we've built our whole lives around this project?1:03So therefore if I default by marrying him, I have too.1:06It's true. Our whole lives were all around this project and finishing it.1:13And has it been worth it?1:15Of course there are days when I think, God, it would be really nice if we could all be sitting around and reading the newspaper or going to the beach.1:22But that's not the point.1:25At Ladder Company 3 on East 13th Street, Steven Olson was known as The Rock.1:32Cheerful, optimistic, diligent, reliable, Firefighter Olson arrived in 1989 fresh out of the fire academy and never left.← Location 482Heart Four · Location 483Location 484 →
