Nusrat Narayanan, an office cleaner alone on a lit floor at midnight

Kinder to strangers than to anyone waiting at home, and she knows it. An empty avenue before dawn, a sweeper, one pair of headlights

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.