The Payphone Fern

A fern unfurls inside the last dead payphone on the block, fronds pressing the glass where quarters once queued. A man photographs it with the device that killed it, and one frond appears to dial

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.