Pema Ilagan, a woman who transcribes interviews by hand at a diner counter

Pema transcribes by hand at a diner counter, the interviews in her own script. A phone on a tripod beside the ketchup

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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.