Lurline Pierre-Louis, a woman who has held the same reservation for nine years

Nine years of asking, and the permission is never going to be issued. She hands a plate to a man who has not changed seats in decades

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.