Ep 9: Ascetics, Thieves, Foragers, Citizens – Part 5
39m | Jun 15, 2023Nick and Gabriele continue to profile their neighbors on The Hill, highlighting Tito and Woodsman Tony. They come to understand how the tipi has become a site where routines and everyday conversations become ritualized through intention.
At approximately sixty years old, Tito was the oldest heroin addict on The Hill. In his former life he was a bartender/waiter and the proud inventor of the “vodka ice block” at Sammy’s Steak House. He now proudly displays his inventiveness and “tools of the trade” in his present-day occupation as thief. Tito has a serious life-threatening medical condition. Despite encouragement and pleas from neighbors, he delays treatment.
Tony loves the tipi and spends more time inside visiting than anyone else. He is well read, elucidating and philosophizing on various subjects while sitting next to his “cruel and kind lady fire.”
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