Hear What You’ve Been Missing

New Yorkers are people who go on vacation and complain about the quiet. For four hundred years, the city’s relentless soundtrack has been an inseparable part of the experience — at least until COVID came around and stifled our glorious noise. This week, the New York Public Library (an institution that has distinguished itself with meaningful moments during this crisis) put together “Missing Sounds of New York.” The album, which is free on the NYPL website and Spotify, features eight inscrutably enjoyable tracks of ambient New York-ness, from grinding subway cars to rowdy baseball fans.

This sharable snippet comes from the May 1 edition of Corcoran’s Home/Office e-newsletter.