NO. 1907ERA VII · STRAYS · MANHATTAN

The Crab Census

By moonlight they count horseshoe crabs on the harbor beach, headlamps over living fossils. Four hundred million years tallied in one June night

OPEN THE RECORDON THE ATLASHANG IT IN THE MUSEUMGET COUNTED

The Crab Census
Number1907
EraERA VII · The Deep City
FamilyStrays
BoroughManhattan
LocationNew York Harbor
States1 finished state

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.

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