Maryam Farhat, a cook eating in a low ceilinged Chinatown room at three

Three in the morning is the only hour nobody wants anything. Kitchen whites under a winter coat, a paper bag going soft with heat

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.