Started by Matteo Rossi (@roman_road) ·
Grand Central's whispering gallery
Whisper into one corner of the arch outside the Oyster Bar and someone in the opposite corner hears you clearly. The vaults are Guastavino tile, and once you know what it looks like you see it all over NYC.
5 sources · 26 min down the hole
How I got here
- Started with
- “grand central whispering gallery how it works”
- Ended at
- St Paul's Cathedral
The Trail
- “grand central whispering gallery how it works” (google.com)
- Whispering gallery (en.wikipedia.org)
- Grand Central Terminal (en.wikipedia.org)
- Guastavino tile (en.wikipedia.org)
- St Paul's Cathedral (en.wikipedia.org)
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