The Diwali Lights

The Queens rowhouses glow with diyas and string lights, families in silk trading sweets on the stoops. Sparklers write in the dusk and the block reads every word

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.