The Fire Escape Summer

Before air conditioning, whole families slept in the sky. Mattresses on the fire escapes, a violin drifting from somewhere, a thousand sleepers over the glowing street

OPEN THE RECORDON THE ATLASHANG IT IN THE MUSEUMGET COUNTED

Part of NEW YORKERS by MLow, a painted census of New York City: 7,541 characters across 19 eras. Read the history of the places or spin into a room of the museum.