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Tribeca Whistling Update: Blame the Tall Old Man

The first of a few vital catch-up posts concerns the Tribeca whistler, whose haunting pre-dawn melodies have perplexed residents unsure of their source. NYT reporter Steven Kurutz dug into the quagmire:

Ms. Johnson's husband theorized that it was ''some nerd in his apartment with a Casio keyboard.'' Perplexed, Ms. Johnson appealed for answers to a neighborhood blog, Curbed.com, but all she discovered was that she hadn't imagined the whistling. Stacey McArdle, who lives one block south, had heard it, too. The mystery deepened...
After the jump, a potential source is found!
The neighborhood holds few clues