Thida Abdrakhmanov, a woman restoring a mural under three coats of paint

Three coats of paint came off before the mural said anything. Nobody is going to issue the permission, so she labels in her own code

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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.