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| New York Today: A Classical Commute | New York Today: A Classical Commute |
| (about 1 hour later) | |
| Updated, 12:20 a.m. | |
| Good morning on this sun-splashed Monday. | Good morning on this sun-splashed Monday. |
| Do you use headphones on your commute? | Do you use headphones on your commute? |
| If so, try leaving them at home sometime and see what your ears pick up. | If so, try leaving them at home sometime and see what your ears pick up. |
| The Times reporter James Barron told us he was once waiting at Pennsylvania Station when he heard what he described as a “bright, exuberant” part of Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” wafting through the air. | The Times reporter James Barron told us he was once waiting at Pennsylvania Station when he heard what he described as a “bright, exuberant” part of Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” wafting through the air. |
| “I had thought, ‘What’s with that?’ ” Mr. Barron said. | “I had thought, ‘What’s with that?’ ” Mr. Barron said. |
| He did some digging several years later and discovered that there was a team dedicated to curating mood music for the train station. | He did some digging several years later and discovered that there was a team dedicated to curating mood music for the train station. |
| “It’s one of the incongruities of life in New York,” he wrote in his latest column, to hear something as beautiful as a Mozart sonata or a Beethoven trio in a place as dispiriting and acoustically inhospitable as Penn Station. | “It’s one of the incongruities of life in New York,” he wrote in his latest column, to hear something as beautiful as a Mozart sonata or a Beethoven trio in a place as dispiriting and acoustically inhospitable as Penn Station. |
| Surprisingly, the melody pickers are three women based in a windowless room in Austin, Tex. They may be hundreds of miles away, but they are experts in piano and classical music. | Surprisingly, the melody pickers are three women based in a windowless room in Austin, Tex. They may be hundreds of miles away, but they are experts in piano and classical music. |
| Some of the pieces they select are traditional masterpieces, while others are closer to what Mr. Barron describes as “dentist-office arrangements.” | Some of the pieces they select are traditional masterpieces, while others are closer to what Mr. Barron describes as “dentist-office arrangements.” |
| Their goal, Mr. Barron explained, is to soothe frenetic travelers and even to deter crime. | Their goal, Mr. Barron explained, is to soothe frenetic travelers and even to deter crime. |
| The strategy is not new. | The strategy is not new. |
| In 1930, the Radio Corporation of America installed an elaborate loudspeaker system at Penn Station to achieve the same end, the Times reported. | In 1930, the Radio Corporation of America installed an elaborate loudspeaker system at Penn Station to achieve the same end, the Times reported. |
| As the article explained: “The music will be regulated so that there will be no ‘bedlam,’ it was said, but merely ‘music quietly floating through the air.’ ” | As the article explained: “The music will be regulated so that there will be no ‘bedlam,’ it was said, but merely ‘music quietly floating through the air.’ ” |
| Here’s what else is happening: | Here’s what else is happening: |
| We’re walking on sunshine! | We’re walking on sunshine! |
| With a high near 84 and plenty of sun, it’s a Katrina and the Waves kind of day. | With a high near 84 and plenty of sun, it’s a Katrina and the Waves kind of day. |
| The morning commute looks glorious — by the time you step out the door, temperatures should be in the low 70s. | The morning commute looks glorious — by the time you step out the door, temperatures should be in the low 70s. |
| And don’t it feel good, hey? | And don’t it feel good, hey? |
| • Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo ordered agencies under state control to avoid doing business with companies and organizations that boycott Israel. [New York Times] | • Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo ordered agencies under state control to avoid doing business with companies and organizations that boycott Israel. [New York Times] |
| • State Republicans plan to restrict Mayor Bill de Blasio’s control of city schools. [New York Times] | • State Republicans plan to restrict Mayor Bill de Blasio’s control of city schools. [New York Times] |
| • The final day of the outdoor music festival Governors Ball was canceled because of “a high likelihood of lightning.” [New York Times] … | • The final day of the outdoor music festival Governors Ball was canceled because of “a high likelihood of lightning.” [New York Times] … |
| • … So Kanye West, the day’s headliner, scheduled an impromptu concert at Webster Hall in the East Village, which was also canceled. [New York Times]. | |
| • After being accused of a shooting in Massachusetts, Anibal Vargas changed his name and became a building superintendent in the Bronx, according to a criminal complaint. [New York Times] | • After being accused of a shooting in Massachusetts, Anibal Vargas changed his name and became a building superintendent in the Bronx, according to a criminal complaint. [New York Times] |
| • After a man was attacked outside a mosque in Queens, an advocacy group called on the police to investigate the assault as a “bias crime.” [New York Post] | • After a man was attacked outside a mosque in Queens, an advocacy group called on the police to investigate the assault as a “bias crime.” [New York Post] |
| • Four men were shot in Coney Island in an attack on Sunday afternoon, the police said. [CBS New York] | • Four men were shot in Coney Island in an attack on Sunday afternoon, the police said. [CBS New York] |
| • The collapse of a deck on the second floor of a Brooklyn building injured 13 people. [Daily News] | • The collapse of a deck on the second floor of a Brooklyn building injured 13 people. [Daily News] |
| • Today’s Metropolitan Diary: “The Man in the Blue Suit” | • Today’s Metropolitan Diary: “The Man in the Blue Suit” |
| • Scoreboard: Marlins skewer Mets, 1-0. Orioles flit past Yankees, 3-1. Liberty calm Storm, 86-78. | • Scoreboard: Marlins skewer Mets, 1-0. Orioles flit past Yankees, 3-1. Liberty calm Storm, 86-78. |
| • For a global look at what’s happening, see Your Monday Briefing. | • For a global look at what’s happening, see Your Monday Briefing. |
| • Northside Festival, which brings together musicians, innovators and content creators, begins in Brooklyn. Times, venues and prices vary. | • Northside Festival, which brings together musicians, innovators and content creators, begins in Brooklyn. Times, venues and prices vary. |
| • Facebook and the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce host Boost Your Business, a seminar intended to help business owners improve their presence on social media, in Lerner Hall at Columbia University. 11:30 a.m. [Free] | • Facebook and the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce host Boost Your Business, a seminar intended to help business owners improve their presence on social media, in Lerner Hall at Columbia University. 11:30 a.m. [Free] |
| • Taste of Times Square, an outdoor music and food festival with samples from more than 50 restaurants, is on 46th Street from Broadway to 10th Avenue. 5 p.m. [Prices vary] | • Taste of Times Square, an outdoor music and food festival with samples from more than 50 restaurants, is on 46th Street from Broadway to 10th Avenue. 5 p.m. [Prices vary] |
| • Put on your dancing shoes for swing lessons at George Seuffert Bandshell in Forest Park in Queens. 6 p.m. [Free] | • Put on your dancing shoes for swing lessons at George Seuffert Bandshell in Forest Park in Queens. 6 p.m. [Free] |
| • Feel the beat at a West African drum and dance class at Indian Road Lawn in Inwood Hill Park, Manhattan. You can even bring your own drum. 6:30 p.m. [Free] | • Feel the beat at a West African drum and dance class at Indian Road Lawn in Inwood Hill Park, Manhattan. You can even bring your own drum. 6:30 p.m. [Free] |
| • Yankees host Angels, 7:05 p.m. Mets at Pirates, 7:05 p.m. | • Yankees host Angels, 7:05 p.m. Mets at Pirates, 7:05 p.m. |
| • For more events, see The New York Times’s Arts & Entertainment guide. | • For more events, see The New York Times’s Arts & Entertainment guide. |
| • Subway and PATH | • Subway and PATH |
| • Railroads: L.I.R.R., Metro-North, N.J. Transit, Amtrak | • Railroads: L.I.R.R., Metro-North, N.J. Transit, Amtrak |
| • Roads: Check traffic map or radio report on the 1s or the 8s. | • Roads: Check traffic map or radio report on the 1s or the 8s. |
| • Alternate-side parking: in effect until June 12. | • Alternate-side parking: in effect until June 12. |
| • Ferries: Staten Island Ferry, New York Waterway, East River Ferry | • Ferries: Staten Island Ferry, New York Waterway, East River Ferry |
| • Airports: La Guardia, J.F.K., Newark | • Airports: La Guardia, J.F.K., Newark |
| June is L.G.B.T. Pride Month. | June is L.G.B.T. Pride Month. |
| So New York: Meet Alisha King of the Bronx and Charlie Solidum of Brooklyn. | So New York: Meet Alisha King of the Bronx and Charlie Solidum of Brooklyn. |
| You’re going to be seeing a lot of them — in subway cars, phone booths, bus shelters and newspapers. | You’re going to be seeing a lot of them — in subway cars, phone booths, bus shelters and newspapers. |
| These two transgender New Yorkers are the faces of a new ad campaign, started today by the New York City Commission on Human Rights affirming New Yorkers’ legal right to use whichever bathroom is consistent with their gender identity. | These two transgender New Yorkers are the faces of a new ad campaign, started today by the New York City Commission on Human Rights affirming New Yorkers’ legal right to use whichever bathroom is consistent with their gender identity. |
| While the city’s Human Rights Law has protected gender identity since 2002, only recently have the commission and Mayor Bill de Blasio defined what that means on a practical level, explained a commission spokesman, Seth Hoy. | While the city’s Human Rights Law has protected gender identity since 2002, only recently have the commission and Mayor Bill de Blasio defined what that means on a practical level, explained a commission spokesman, Seth Hoy. |
| The ads tell us to: “Look past pink and blue,” and “Use the restroom consistent with who you are.” | The ads tell us to: “Look past pink and blue,” and “Use the restroom consistent with who you are.” |
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