The 50 Year Pin

The union hall stands as one for the man whose hands built half the borough. His 1974 apprentice, now gray, pins on the small gold circle, applause measured in decades

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.