Malachi Ballard, a waiter in a pressed tin Williamsburg room that has not changed since 1900

Impatient with everything except the work, which is a kind of love. A marble pastry counter at six, and nobody around to ask the question

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.