A snippet of McLean’s Astor Place smell map
May 21, 2018
Sensory expert Kate McLean says NYC streets smell of garlic and tarmac
All the rain this weekend in New York City stunk. Do sunny days stink too? Kate McLean can give us the definitive answer. McLean, a Ph.D. candidate at the Royal College of Art in London, has created an extensive system of urban “smellscape” maps based on her olfactory research. For instance, after studying her Astor Place, pedestrians are much better off walking north and south on 2nd Avenue, which smells of floral perfume and grass, versus walking up and down Broadway, which is loaded with eau de subway exhaust.
So what's NYC's smelliest hood?
So what's NYC's smelliest hood?
