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>Handel’s Water Music willows over the platforms of Atlanta’s MARTA subway system. I ride Marta to work 3 days a week and to the airport when I travel. There h
by wil421 8y ago
>Handel’s Water Music willows over the platforms of Atlanta’s MARTA subway system.
I ride Marta to work 3 days a week and to the airport when I travel. There has never been any classical music playing at the stations I’ve stopped at or passed through.
I was in NYC a couple weeks ago and never heard it either. I went to the Penn Station stop mentioned in the article too.
- pitt1980 8y agoMaybe its an off-hours tactic?
- wil421 8y agoI’ll have to ask an employee next time I see one.
- exegete 8y agoI don't think they mean the Penn Station subway stop but at Penn Station itself. I can't recall if there was classical music when I was taking the train. Definitely do have classical music at the Port Authority Bus Terminal though. I find it a little bit relaxing while everyone is in a rush to get to work or get home.
- cdoxsey 8y agoPenn Station consistently plays music but its not always classical or baroque music. Contra the article I don't think it discourages anyone from loitering. The station is full of homeless people asking for money and late at night there's a very large number of folks sleeping in the hallways. Much more its the armed guards stationed everywhere that prevent disturbances and remove people. FWIW the characterization of the station as a haven for the rich is not particularly apt either. There are tens of thousands of commuters going through this station every day. Rich, poor, black, white, young and old, from all walks of life. Most of them are just hoping their train doesn't get cancelled so they can get home.