The Public Cry

Someone cries quietly at the train window and the whole car performs the city's gentlest kindness of not looking. A tissue appears wordlessly from a neighbor's sleeve

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.