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Commuting during COVID-19

Manhattan Community Board 3, Manhattan, New York County, New York, United States of America

A 8-minute field recording by Carlo Patrao made in New York City, United States on 26 March 2020, in the dawn. Soundscape: streets & traffic, trains & stations and crowds & voices.

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Commuting during COVID-19
7:34Public Domain Markby Carlo PatraoInternet Archive
7:34
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Recordist's notes

Delancey Street/Essex Street train station. This station connects F, J, and M train lines with people commuting to work from Brooklyn, Queens, and Coney Island. As a result, this station tends to be very crowded, especially during rush hour. This recording captures the soundscape of the station at 6:40 am (close to rush hour) emptied of people due to the Covid-19 quarantine. Zoom h6

Written by Carlo Patrao on radio aporee ::: maps.

About the place

New York City is a city of about 8,804,190 people in New York, United States. OttoAnna lists 92 field recordings from here.

Equipment mentioned: Zoom H6. A six-track recorder with interchangeable capsules and four XLR inputs.

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