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New York, New York: The Whispering Hallway

Tricky acoustics make it possible for an attentive listener to hear someone whispering at the far end of a hallway in Grand Central Station.

Address:
89 E. 42nd St., New York, NY
Directions:
Enter Grand Central Station from 42nd St., walk down the ramp, turn right at the bottom of the ramp, walk down that ramp, and you will be right in the middle of the whispering hallway.
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Whispering Walls.

The Whispering Wall

Inside Grand Central Station its a hallway built so that you can stand in one corner, whisper, and someone standing in the diagonal corner can hear it. This occurs at all four corners of this passageway.

[Gary Spino, 09/22/2019]

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