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the city’s downtown area.
Neuhaus proposed creating a site-specific Aural Topography for Hartford, similar in concept to his recently completed Times Square (1977) project in New York.
Walker highlights Neuhaus's philosophy that sound can define a "place" without visual markers. The "new sound" was intended to be a continuous, low-frequency resonance emanating from the city's infrastructure, designed to be discovered by pedestrians rather than announced.
The article explores the municipal challenges of installing "art" that cannot be seen. Walker notes the skepticism and curiosity of city officials regarding a project that treats public space as a resonant chamber Hartford Courant Archives.