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TIL about 'Times Square', a sound art installation in Times Square hidden below an unassuming grate. Created by composer Max Neuhaus in 1977, the piece is purposefully unmarked and requires visitors to tune into a single resonating sound in the middle of one of the loudest places in America.

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