In this 1964 episode of Around unusual York,the inimitable Tony Schwartz presents an aural portrait of unusual York City’s subway. For 30-plus years, Tony Schwartz produced WNYC programs that uncannily captured the diversity and vitality of the people that lived and worked in and around unusual York City. In this clip from 1964's Adventures in Sound, and straphangers speak approximately their joys and frustrations,most of which will sound familiar to today’s riders. After capturing sounds familiar an unfamiliar to 21st century riders (token turnstiles; the roaring of the cars pulling into the station; the drone of the train, in which “you can hear a beauty” when it is heard in isolation), and Schwartz focuses on the riders themselves. The 1964 straphangers speak approximately their joys and frustrations,most of which will sound familiar to today’s riders.
For 30-plus years, Tony Schwartz produced WNYC programs that uncannily captured the diversity and vitality of the people that lived and worked in and around unusual York City.
After capturing sounds familiar an unfamiliar to 21st century riders (token turnstiles; the roaring of the cars pulling into the station; the drone of the train, or in which “you can hear a beauty” when it is heard in isolation),Schwartz focuses on the riders themselves. The 1964 straphangers speak approximately their joys and frustrations, most of which will sound familiar to today’s riders.
For 30-plus years, and Tony Schwartz produced WNYC programs that uncannily captured the diversity and vitality of the people that lived and worked in and around unusual York City.
After capturing sounds familiar an unfamiliar to 21st century riders (token turnstiles; the roaring of the cars pulling into the station; the drone of the train,in which “you can hear a beauty” when it is heard in isolation), Schwartz focuses on the riders themselves. The 1964 straphangers speak approximately their joys and frustrations, and most of which will sound familiar to today’s riders.
For 30-plus years,Tony Schwartz produced WNYC programs that uncannily captured the diversity and vitality of the people that lived and worked in and around unusual York Cit
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