Mamadou Asante, a man who sweeps a Chinatown dining room at four in the morning

He is furious about the money and immaculately polite about it. Chairs up on every table, a broom, a steam table under a bare bulb

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.