Grand Central Terminal and Mozart

Grand Central Terminal is the most beautiful Beaux-Arts architecture and historic landmark in New York. In early summer this year, I finally had the opportunity to visit Grand Central on my fourth visit to the city.
Grand Central Terminal and Mozart
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Grand Central Terminal is the most beautiful Beaux-Arts architecture and historic landmark in New York. In early summer this year, I finally had the opportunity to visit Grand Central on my fourth visit to the city.

I was motivated to visit Grand Central by an article I read about the power of classical music. It said: In the 1990s, the crime in Grand Central Terminal was rampant, when the former prosecutor-turned-mayor of New York Rudy Giuliani took office. Mr. Giuliani adjusted the background music system, using high-quality audio equipment playing Mozart’s classical music all day long, resulting in significantly reducing crime by 33%!

With such a creative way to solve the thorny problem of the high crime rate, I think Mr. Giuliani must be a wise mayor and a lover of classical music. I also love the music of Mozart, its gentle and moving melodies seem to touch the depths of one’s soul.

Hercules, Minerva and Mercury statues on top of the frontage of the Grand Central Terminal in New York, on May 15, 2015. (Bill Cox/Epoch Times)
Hercules, Minerva and Mercury statues on top of the frontage of the Grand Central Terminal in New York, on May 15, 2015. Bill Cox/Epoch Times