The Boot Scraper

Bolted beside the stoop since the 1840s, the mud of two centuries wiped into memory. A modern sneaker uses it correctly and a top hat's ghost nods, small iron outliving empires

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.