The Flagpole Sitter

Three weeks on his perch above the theater district, meals arriving by pulley basket. Newspapers chart his beard, the city's highest resident ruling a platform kingdom of one

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.