The Old Names

The map remembers its first words: Manahatta, Canarsie, Rockaway glowing through the modern grid. A Lenape elder tracing the old shoreline through a downtown plaza with one finger

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.