The Tube Bender

A Ridgewood neon bender curves hot glass into a flower sign for the reborn newsstand while his apprentice holds her breath at every bend. The flower will glow for forty years and he made it in an afternoon

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.