A New York newsstand at night, every paper on the rack reads LEFT OFF THE COUNT, eye flowers dripping down the kiosk
EXTRA ★ 5,555 NEW YORKERS LEFT OFF THE COUNT ★ 150 GET THE MARK ★ SEALED UNTIL THE REVEAL ★ NOBODY PICKS, NOT EVEN THE ARTIST ★ 9 ERA CLOSERS AT LAST CALL ★ ELEVEN WERE THE ONES ★ THE CITY KEEPS MARKING THEM ★ ART, NOT AN INVESTMENT ★

Release one of NEW YORKERS by MLow

THEMARKS

150 of the uncounted

Painted, numbered, then left off the count. They mint sealed, open together, and the city keeps marking them after that.

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6,666 New Yorkers were painted. 5,555 never made the count. 150 are coming back, sealed, on SuperRare. Every shot is a Mark or an era closer, the city they live in moving for the first time.

LATE CITY FINAL

The Daily Mark

NEW YORK · ONE TALLY

5,555 left off the count. 150 get the mark.

Seen, painted, numbered, and then not counted. Inside the release that carries the tally instead of the number.

A census taker's ledger, chalk tally marks down the last column
THE LEDGER. Four strokes and a slash, the way a census taker counts. Painting for THE MARKS.

When THE CENSUS RELEASE was cut from 6,666 to 1,111, five thousand five hundred and fifty five painted New Yorkers were left off the count. They had been seen. They had been painted. They had been given a number. Then they were not counted.

THE MARKS are 150 of them, chosen across every era from II to XIX, all thirteen families and all five boroughs, with a floor under the Bronx and Staten Island.

A census taker counts in tally marks. Four strokes and a slash.

That is the whole idea. These New Yorkers carry the mark instead of the number, and after the mint the city keeps marking them: every hand a Mark passes through adds a stroke.

Eleven of them were THE ONES once. Counted first, sent back to the pool when KEYSTONE took that release's place, and left off again. They are the cast. Nine era closers, the last New Yorker painted in their era, close the release at last call.

By the census desk · Art, not an investment

Inside a New York subway car, the car card frames above the windows
SEEN.PAINTED.NUMBERED.NOT COUNTED.

NEXT STOP THE DELI · TAKE A NUMBER

Layer one · The seal

Take a number.

Every Mark mints sealed and every card looks the same. They open together, and the shuffle decides which New Yorker you get. Pull a ticket, then hold the wax.

The Uncounted Delicatessen at night, a NOW SERVING sign over the counter, a cat asleep on the case
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Pull a ticket

A preview. It pulls a random Mark; at the real reveal a published seed decides, not this counter.

The uncounted

Ride the line.

NOW ARRIVING · THE BRONX

The bodega cat, sitting on the ledger

The ledger

All 150, in the census taker's hand.

The whole list is public before the seal so the shuffle can be checked later. Which one you get is not. Hover a name to see the painting.

MARKNAMEWHERELINEERACOUNT
001The Open HydrantMott HavenXII002The DeliveristaLower East SideMII003The Graffiti KingThe SubwayCII004The Finance BroFinancial DistrictMII005The Crossing GuardKingsbridgeXIII006The Ferry DeckhandThe Staten Island FerrySIII007The Cyclone OperatorConey IslandBIII008The 1972 Subway MapThe SubwayCIII009The Everything BagelLower East SideMIII010The Bridge Cable SpinnerThe Brooklyn BridgeBIII011The Cricket MatchVan Cortlandt ParkXIV012The Bridge FalconThe Verrazzano-Narrows BridgeSIV013The Pizza BoxBensonhurstBIV014The Quarter WaterEast New YorkBIV015The Sicilian SliceMiddle VillageQIV016The Snow DayKingsbridgeXIV017The Floating PoolHunts PointXIV018The Kite FlyerCentral ParkMV019The Midnight RideThe Brooklyn BridgeBV020The Horn SymphonyMidtownMV021The Community Garden BeeEast New YorkBV022The Lost GlovePark SlopeBV023The Fire Escape ShadowsWilliamsburgBV024The Shearling CoatHarlemMV025The Checkerboard FloorBensonhurstBV026The Public Pool OpeningAstoria ParkQV027The Last Day of SchoolSunnysideQV028The Charm DeliveryThe Brooklyn BridgeBVI029The Voice's VacationRockaway BeachQVI030The Long ShadowLong Island CityQVI031The Snow Globe DayFlatbushBVI032The Tunnel ChorusThe SubwayCVI033The School TripUpper West SideMVI034The Senior SwimAstoria ParkQVI035The Booze CruiseNew York HarborMVI036The First RideForest HillsQVI037The Sun ShowerCoronaQVI038The Fifth BoroughConey IslandBVI039The Last CheckerBrooklyn HeightsBVI040The CarouselCentral ParkMVI041The First DropConey IslandBVI042The GatesCentral ParkMVII043The Sticky Note WallFlatironMVII044The Dominican Day ParadeMount EdenXVII045The GlassFinancial DistrictMVII046The SixtiesFlushing MeadowsQVII047The R TrainThe R TrainBVII048The Metro NorthThe Hudson RiverMVII049The SunMidtownMVII050The Pollinators' ParadeBronx ParkXVII051The Scaffolding Comes DownUpper West SideMVII052The Sandcastle ContestRockaway BeachQVII053The HeroBelmontXVII054The Delivery OasisJackson HeightsQVIII055The Five of SlicesConey IslandBVIII056The Three of CoffeesBedford-StuyvesantBVIII057The Three of ScaffoldsDowntown BrooklynBVIII058The Queen of ScaffoldsMidtownMVIII059The Clock WinderFort GreeneBVIII060The Island SheepNew York HarborMVIII061Staten Island Board OneSt. GeorgeSVIII062The Halloween Dog ParadeEast VillageMVIII063The Astoria PoolAstoria ParkQVIII064The Receipt ScrollChelseaMVIII065The Dollar Water KidsCoronaQIX066The Cobblestone HourDowntown BrooklynBIX067The Dawn RoosterLongwoodXIX068The World of TomorrowFlushing MeadowsQIX069The Five Cent DoorMidtownMIX070The Second Cart RibbonEast ElmhurstQIX071The Sliver of ShadeSouth JamaicaQIX072The First Drop VendorsConey IslandBIX073The Monarch TransferDowntown BrooklynBIX074The Extra StopsThe SubwayCIX075The Car Nobody EntersThe SubwayCX076The Scooped BagelMidwoodBX077The Emptied RoomWoodsideQX078The DropConey IslandBX079The Turkey of the Battery ONCE THE ONESThe BatteryMX080The Salsa on the PierThe Hudson RiverMX081The Opening Day PoolAstoria ParkQX082The Kite Over the MeadowFlushing MeadowsQX083The Sled HillBrooklyn HeightsBX084The Rooftop Shift ChangeChelseaMX085The Pollen WeekBay RidgeBX086The Bagel Kettle at DawnUpper West SideMXI087The Times Square CountdownMidtownMXI088The Palette Mixed the ColourSoHoMXI089The Sticker Slap WallTribecaMXI090The Bell of the FerryThe Staten Island FerrySXI091The Unboxing That Was EmptyBushwickBXI092The Model Learned the AccentThe BronxXXI093The Model Watched the SunsetBrooklyn HeightsBXI094The Ledger RewroteFinancial DistrictMXI095The Bell That Ended TradingFinancial DistrictMXI096The Window Fan TurnedEast HarlemMXI097The Air Conditioner Held OnSunset ParkBXI098The Whale Came UpThe Staten Island FerrySXI099The Sprinkler Head RainbowedThe BronxXXI100The Rooftop Farm at SunriseBrooklyn Navy YardBXI101The Last Bench in Winter ONCE THE ONESProspect ParkBXI102The Bus Depot ClockThe BronxXXI103The Bridge Toll Booth Empty ONCE THE ONESThe Verrazzano-Narrows BridgeSXI104The Subway Clock ConductorThe SubwayCXII105The Understudy's NightMidtownMXII106The Debutante's Day JobChelseaMXII107The Diner at the Edge of Orbit ONCE THE ONESCarroll GardensBXII108The Regulars' ReentryBay RidgeBXII109The Forecast BattleMidtownMXII110The Unemployment of the Alarm ClocksMidtownMXII111The Corner That Grants One Do OverEast VillageMXII112The Emergency Brake GardenThe SubwayCXIII113The Debris Netting Aurora ONCE THE ONESPark SlopeBXIII114The Cable TunerNew York HarborMXIII115The Channel Marker Poet ONCE THE ONESThe Verrazzano-Narrows BridgeSXIII116The First Morning of the Deep CityBedford-StuyvesantBXIII117The Bodega of Two RealitiesWashington HeightsMXIV118The Interfaith Block Association ONCE THE ONESQueensQXIV119The Flatiron Turns SidewaysFlatironMXIV120The Ghost RefineryWilliamsburgBXIV121The Last IllusionSunset ParkBXIV122The CrossingThe Christopher Street PierMXV123The Hindu Temple That Grows a RoomFlushingQXV124The Ice Cream Truck That Knows What Year It Is For YouStaten IslandSXV125The Gondola Over the GowanusCarroll GardensBXV126The Whale in the Narrows ONCE THE ONESThe Verrazzano-Narrows BridgeSXV127The Seagull Who Runs the BoardwalkConey IslandBXV128The Girl Who Talks to the BuildingHarlemMXV129The Oldest New Yorker ONCE THE ONESThe BronxXXV130The West Indian Day Parade at Full Volume ONCE THE ONESCrown HeightsBXV131The Threshold of the Mosque at Eid ONCE THE ONESBay RidgeBXV132The Subway Car With Nobody On ItThe SubwayCXV133Kathleen MoranLong Island CityQXVI134The Painter Who Works Only in the Blind SpotsEast FlatbushBXVI135Wei-Lin HwangParkchesterXXVI136Osman SabbaghMidwoodBXVI137Naftali BlumSt. GeorgeSXVI138Adjoa AchebeUpper East SideMXVII139Aung MacaraegJackson HeightsQXVII140Uche OwusuConey IslandBXVII141Kazimierz AdamczykMidtownMXVII142Kavitha ChakrabortyUpper West SideMXVII143Xiuying XuUpper West SideMXVII144Milena StanescuSoHoMXVII145Rukhsana ChakrabortyThe SubwayCXVIII146Norbu RaiWilliamsburgBXVIII147Shanice BridgesFinancial DistrictMXVIII148Marilou WangduCitywideCXIX149Aaliyah BridgesBushwickBXIX150Sangay SherpaLower East SideMXIX

What makes a Mark different

Post no bills.

KEYSTONE grows by the artist's hand. THE CENSUS RELEASE changes on Fridays. A Mark changes by what happens to it. These are being built now, what ships is announced before the mint, and none of it is on chain yet.

No. 1

One seed.
No picks.

A shuffle seed is committed in public before the mint and mixed with a named future Ethereum block. Nobody, the artist included, decides who gets which.

No. 2 · Have you seen this New Yorker?

Every hand adds a stroke.

Mint, sale or gift, each one chalks a stroke into the corner. The fifth opens THE MARKED. Tear a tab.

    No. 3 · The city's clock

    Day, night, rain.

    The token reads New York time and weather and shows the state the city is in right now.

    No. 4 · Service change

    Hold a borough, draw a line.

    Marks held together in one borough draw a line between them. Complete it and every Mark on it opens a state.

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    A New York street clock

    New York

    MTHE MARKS · SUBWAY MAPEvery Mark at its stop

    Where the uncounted live.

    Six lines, one for each borough and one for the city at large. Every station is a Mark; coral stations are the era closers, ringed stations are the eleven. Pick a line.

    A Broadway marquee at night with THE MARKS in neon
    NOW PLAYINGTHE ELEVENCOUNTED FIRST · LEFT OFF TWICE

    The main cast

    The eleven who were counted first.

    Each was one of THE ONES. Each has a character sheet and a written bible, and their story runs through the whole release. Flip a playbill.

    THE MARKS PRESENTS
    The Turkey of the Battery
    The Turkey of the BatteryMARK 079 · NO. 3264 · The Battery
    WHO'S WHO IN THE CAST

    The Turkey of the Battery

    Tourists and traders give her the same wide berth. A Battery Park lawn, bronze feathers, a bird who has never once yielded.

    Counted first as one of THE ONES. Sent back to the pool. Left off the count. Now a Mark.

    Read the record
    THE MARKS PRESENTS
    The Last Bench in Winter
    The Last Bench in WinterMARK 101 · NO. 3836 · Prospect Park
    WHO'S WHO IN THE CAST

    The Last Bench in Winter

    The bench keeps one seat clear and warm for whoever comes. An empty snowed park, bare trees, blue shadows across the path.

    Counted first as one of THE ONES. Sent back to the pool. Left off the count. Now a Mark.

    Read the record
    THE MARKS PRESENTS
    The Bridge Toll Booth Empty
    The Bridge Toll Booth EmptyMARK 103 · NO. 3854 · The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge
    WHO'S WHO IN THE CAST

    The Bridge Toll Booth Empty

    Nobody works it and it lights itself every evening out of habit. Traffic streaming past in long exposure, a window frame, an empty stool.

    Counted first as one of THE ONES. Sent back to the pool. Left off the count. Now a Mark.

    Read the record
    THE MARKS PRESENTS
    The Diner at the Edge of Orbit
    The Diner at the Edge of OrbitMARK 107 · NO. 4242 · Carroll Gardens
    WHO'S WHO IN THE CAST

    The Diner at the Edge of Orbit

    The counter runs out past the last streetlight and keeps going. A Red Hook pier, six stools among the stars, the cook calling orders up the gravity well.

    Counted first as one of THE ONES. Sent back to the pool. Left off the count. Now a Mark.

    Read the record
    THE MARKS PRESENTS
    The Debris Netting Aurora
    The Debris Netting AuroraMARK 113 · NO. 4597 · Park Slope
    WHO'S WHO IN THE CAST

    The Debris Netting Aurora

    Green netting stores the day's light and spends it on windy nights. Calm rolls before fair weather, standing waves before snow, one meteorologist quitting television to watch.

    Counted first as one of THE ONES. Sent back to the pool. Left off the count. Now a Mark.

    Read the record
    THE MARKS PRESENTS
    The Channel Marker Poet
    The Channel Marker PoetMARK 115 · NO. 4706 · The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge
    WHO'S WHO IN THE CAST

    The Channel Marker Poet

    Four lines get written at the handoff of every safe passage through the Narrows. Her collected works are scattered through the wheelhouse logs of forty merchant fleets, memorized by the giants.

    Counted first as one of THE ONES. Sent back to the pool. Left off the count. Now a Mark.

    Read the record
    THE MARKS PRESENTS
    The Interfaith Block Association
    The Interfaith Block AssociationMARK 118 · NO. 4891 · Queens
    WHO'S WHO IN THE CAST

    The Interfaith Block Association

    Seven faiths argued fiercely about parking and then ate together. A Queens church basement, an imam and a rabbi and a babalawo, and parking that actually got settled.

    Counted first as one of THE ONES. Sent back to the pool. Left off the count. Now a Mark.

    Read the record
    THE MARKS PRESENTS
    The Whale in the Narrows
    The Whale in the NarrowsMARK 126 · NO. 5323 · The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge
    WHO'S WHO IN THE CAST

    The Whale in the Narrows

    A humpback surfaced at rush hour and eight hundred phones went away. The Staten Island Ferry, the Narrows, nobody needing to be told.

    Counted first as one of THE ONES. Sent back to the pool. Left off the count. Now a Mark.

    Read the record
    THE MARKS PRESENTS
    The Oldest New Yorker
    The Oldest New YorkerMARK 129 · NO. 5391 · The Bronx
    WHO'S WHO IN THE CAST

    The Oldest New Yorker

    A hundred and four years of this city, all of it witnessed. A Bronx sidewalk in the sun, a child's question, an answer taken seriously.

    Counted first as one of THE ONES. Sent back to the pool. Left off the count. Now a Mark.

    Read the record
    THE MARKS PRESENTS
    The West Indian Day Parade at Full Volume
    The West Indian Day Parade at Full VolumeMARK 130 · NO. 5392 · Crown Heights
    WHO'S WHO IN THE CAST

    The West Indian Day Parade at Full Volume

    A whole diaspora arrives at once and the Parkway answers. Eastern Parkway at peak, one woman in full mas, both arms up.

    Counted first as one of THE ONES. Sent back to the pool. Left off the count. Now a Mark.

    Read the record
    THE MARKS PRESENTS
    The Threshold of the Mosque at Eid
    The Threshold of the Mosque at EidMARK 131 · NO. 5427 · Bay Ridge
    WHO'S WHO IN THE CAST

    The Threshold of the Mosque at Eid

    Shoes fill the entire entrance and the light comes out to meet you. Bay Ridge, her first Eid, a convert being brought inside.

    Counted first as one of THE ONES. Sent back to the pool. Left off the count. Now a Mark.

    Read the record

    LAST CALL

    The Bodega Chandelier, painted by MLowERA II CLOSER · NO. 0816The Bodega ChandelierSomebody hung a crystal chandelier over the chopped cheese and it was correct. Cathedral light in a bodega, the cat asleep beneath the…The Oculus, painted by MLowERA III CLOSER · NO. 0966The OculusA whale skeleton of light, white ribs breathing slowly over the marble void. Tiny commuters cross beneath the wings and are held gentlyThe Met Steps, painted by MLowERA IV CLOSER · NO. 1166The Met StepsLunch hour turns the museum steps into the city's amphitheater of sandwiches, first dates and pigeons. The banners ripple above and the…Broad Channel, painted by MLowERA V CLOSER · NO. 1466Broad ChannelHouses on stilts over the bay, rowboats tied to porches. The A train crosses the marsh at sunset as the egrets lift, streets that end in…The Handoff at the Bodega Door, painted by MLowERA XII CLOSER · NO. 4366The Handoff at the Bodega DoorThe sign flips from open to open and the whole city fits in the doorway. A cashmere driver holding it for a kid in box fresh sneakers, the…The Door Held Open, painted by MLowERA XIII CLOSER · NO. 4766The Door Held OpenA cast iron facade holds her own door open at golden hour. Every keeper of every watch steps aside for a tired woman with groceries, who…Renita Pratt, a woman who keeps the recipes written on index cards, painted by MLowERA XVI CLOSER · NO. 6490Renita PrattA working life ends on an ordinary afternoon with everyone standing around. Her crew waits out the last hour, and the index cards go into a…Rivka Halpern, a woman who sold merch from a card table for two decades, painted by MLowERA XVII CLOSER · NO. 6990Rivka HalpernNobody was watching when she tuned it, which is how the city gets built. An empty theatre, one house piano brought true, a city holding the…Octavio Villanueva, a man who airdrops to strangers at a party boat, painted by MLowERA XVIII CLOSER · NO. 7490Octavio VillanuevaOctavio airdrops to strangers on a party boat. A full drink and a loss, both generous
    A steel roll gate covered in chalk tally marks, rolling up

    The era closers: the last New Yorker painted in an era, one at a time by auction with a published reserve. 9 are in THE MARKS. The other nine (1866, 2266, 2666, 3066, 3466, 3966, 4966, 5466, 7990) were already in KEYSTONE and stay there, because no New Yorker is sold twice.

    The fair shuffle

    This is not three card monte.

    A cardboard box on the sidewalk

    Nobody picks.
    Not even MLow.

    1. Before the mintThe list of 150 and the hash of a secret seed are published here. The list is already fixed, its hash is on the receipt.
    2. After the mint closesThe seed is revealed and mixed with the hash of an Ethereum block named in advance, a block nobody can know yet.
    3. The revealPublic code shuffles the 150 with that number. Anyone can run it and get the same answer.

    THE UNCOUNTED DELI
    NEW YORK, NY

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    LIST OF 150 ........ FIXED

    ALGORITHM ......... SHA-256

    f73451f51faccaa23450ddd3279c21a9cb3c9b04f76d7feaf4fabe0ed4d22f45

    SEED HASH ......... PENDING

    PUBLISHED BEFORE THE MINT

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    THANK YOU
    WE ARE HAPPY TO COUNT YOU

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    NO MINTINGUNTIL THE SEED IS PUBLISHED
    159 MARKS150 SEALED · 9 BY AUCTION
    ONES OF ONEONE OWNER EACH · ANYTIME
    NO NEW YORKERSOLD TWICE · EVER
    SUPERRAREONLY · DATES ANNOUNCED FIRST
    PRICEANNOUNCED BEFORE THE MINT
    ARTNOT AN INVESTMENT

    The release

    Read the signs.

    Size159: 150 uncounted, 9 era closers
    FormatOnes of one. The 150 mint sealed, every card the same, and open together at the reveal. The era closers are sold one at a time by auction.
    PlatformSuperRare
    WhenDates announced before anything opens.
    PriceAnnounced before the mint opens. Era closers by auction with a published reserve.
    ChangedUntil October 9 this release was the hundred marks and the era closers. It now holds 150 of the uncounted and the nine era closers that are not already in KEYSTONE. The hundred marks left it unsold and are held for a later named release. Who gets which Mark is fixed by a shuffle seed published before the mint opens, so nobody, the artist included, picks. Nothing is added after it closes.
    ON DUTYTHE WHOLE CENSUSON DUTYKEYSTONE