AKRF’s Benjamin Sachwald tours the noisiest New York City places (and most peaceful too)
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In an article written for the Wall Street Journal, AKRF Technical Director and Acoustical Engineer Benjamin Sachwald tours some of the noisiest and most peaceful places in New York City.
Speaking with reporter Sumathi Reddy, Sachwald takes sound measurements along the way and adds some insight into the nature of urban noise. “It’s hard to find a quiet place in New York,” he says. “Everybody tries to find their urban oasis to get away from the noise.”
Their sonic tour of the city takes them from one of the noisiest locations—Queens Plaza South and 23rd Street in Long Island City, where cars from the Queensboro Bridge intersect with the sounds of three above-ground subway lines—to a spot in the Bronx that, according to Sachwald’s measurements, was quieter than the average reading taken in a library.
In an article written for the Wall Street Journal, AKRF Technical Director and Acoustical Engineer Benjamin Sachwald tours some of the noisiest and most peaceful places in New York City.
Speaking with reporter Sumathi Reddy, Sachwald takes sound measurements along the way and adds some insight into the nature of urban noise. “It’s hard to find a quiet place in New York,” he says. “Everybody tries to find their urban oasis to get away from the noise.”
Their sonic tour of the city takes them from one of the noisiest locations—Queens Plaza South and 23rd Street in Long Island City, where cars from the Queensboro Bridge intersect with the sounds of three above-ground subway lines—to a spot in the Bronx that, according to Sachwald’s measurements, was quieter than the average reading taken in a library.
In an article written for the Wall Street Journal, AKRF Technical Director and Acoustical Engineer Benjamin Sachwald tours some of the noisiest and most peaceful places in New York City.
Speaking with reporter Sumathi Reddy, Sachwald takes sound measurements along the way and adds some insight into the nature of urban noise. “It’s hard to find a quiet place in New York,” he says. “Everybody tries to find their urban oasis to get away from the noise.”
Their sonic tour of the city takes them from one of the noisiest locations—Queens Plaza South and 23rd Street in Long Island City, where cars from the Queensboro Bridge intersect with the sounds of three above-ground subway lines—to a spot in the Bronx that, according to Sachwald’s measurements, was quieter than the average reading taken in a library.
In an article written for the Wall Street Journal, AKRF Technical Director and Acoustical Engineer Benjamin Sachwald tours some of the noisiest and most peaceful places in New York City.
Speaking with reporter Sumathi Reddy, Sachwald takes sound measurements along the way and adds some insight into the nature of urban noise. “It’s hard to find a quiet place in New York,” he says. “Everybody tries to find their urban oasis to get away from the noise.”
Their sonic tour of the city takes them from one of the noisiest locations—Queens Plaza South and 23rd Street in Long Island City, where cars from the Queensboro Bridge intersect with the sounds of three above-ground subway lines—to a spot in the Bronx that, according to Sachwald’s measurements, was quieter than the average reading taken in a library. In an article written for the Wall Street Journal, AKRF Technical Director and Acoustical Engineer Benjamin Sachwald tours some of the noisiest and most peaceful places in New York CitySpeaking with reporter Sumathi Reddy, Sachwald takes sound measurements along the way and adds some insight into the nature of urban noise. “It’s hard to find a quiet place in New York,” he says. “Everybody tries to find their urban oasis to get away from the noise
