Eileen Castellano, a woman at a Little Italy window with a line of tourists and locals

Being needed by everybody is not the same as mattering to one person. She tends the wood fire between orders and watches the door

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.