The Frosting Irises

A Carroll Gardens baker keeps piping small irises onto birthday cakes nobody ordered them on, and customers lift the lids and go quiet. By noon the display case is in full buttercream bloom

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.