The Poster Paster

A wheatpaste man rolls a show poster onto plywood at 4am in three practiced strokes, brush, sweep, done. Beneath it, a decade of layers curls like tree rings

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.