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The demolition of a ten story building, constructed near Union Station in 1928 to house traveling salesmen. The implosion was executed to make way for high rise luxury apartments. 400 holes were drilled, 350 lbs. of dynamite was inserted, and...
About the place
Houston is a city of about 2,314,157 people in Texas, United States. OttoAnna lists 30 field recordings from here.
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Concrete removal
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Cockroach chorus, Exxon Mobile building, Downtown Houston, Texas
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Fireworks: July 4th 2012 @ Eleanor Tinsley
Houston, United States
Church singers
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WLD: 2012: Buffalo Bayou's Night Buddies
Houston, United States
Grackle Colony (this is Houston)
Houston, United States
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Cockroach chorus, Exxon Mobile building, Downtown Houston, Texas
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Chmielewski’s Blueberry Farm: Family
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Fireworks: July 4th 2012 @ Eleanor Tinsley
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Sources & credits
- “Ben Milam Hotel Demolition, Downtown, Houston, TX, USA - Ben Milam Hotel Demolition” by ryan urban – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0