Comments on: Grand Central Station’s Hidden Acoustic Wonder

By: alex

alex — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 19:23:32 +0000

i was there yesterday , & it was so funny.. some random stranger & there friends went to the opposite side of me, so i said “hello my children” they were really shocked to hear a tlking wall.. till one of their friends pointed out that it was rlly me. c:

By: Sam888

Sam888 — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:42:43 +0000

There’s one of these in the US Capitol.

By: mcd

mcd — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 21:26:19 +0000

The rotunda in the Cincinnati Union Terminal has the same feature. I think there’s such a whisper gallery in the US Capitol, too, but can’t be bothered to confirm it.

By: George Moromisato

George Moromisato — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 05:44:09 +0000

Thank you for using my image (I’m glad you liked it!). And thank you very much for attributing it properly and linking back to my site. I have absolutely no objection to you using any image on my site in that way. Thanks again!

By: Ivan

Ivan — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 04:28:49 +0000

The last time (many years ago) I was the Exploratorium in San Francisco, they had two large parabolas cast in concrete spaced about 40 feet apart with the concave sides facing each other. Persons whispering at one parabola would be heard at the other one.

By: Ken-ichi

Ken-ichi — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 18:59:19 +0000

There’s another weird acoustic effect at the Bicentennial Mall State Park in Nashville, TN. In the court pictured on the Wikipedia page, you can stand in the center and hear your voice echoed off the columns, but some one standing at any other location can’t hear the echo. The park, BTW, is beautiful, with lots of cool historircal tidbits and massive stone maps of the state. If you’re into that kind of thing (which I am).