Perla Cordero, a woman who keeps a corner table empty out of habit

Habit keeps that table empty long after anyone remembers whose it was. A century of yellowed photographs, dusty wishbones, a rag, an empty corner table

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.