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Recordist's notes
An average hour on a typical day in the Seattle business district. I walked all over downtown listening for interesting acoustic environments. This one offered a tiny patch of greenery (with birds) surrounded by a small courtyard (with pedestrians) and a large angled glass bank building behind, which broke up the reflections from the ever-present traffic. Major elements: * Cars, trucks and busses * Pedestrians * Police and ambulance sirens * Birds (seagulls and finches) * Commercial and private aircraft See also: https://anode1.bandcamp.com/album/auss7-4th-lenora
About the place
Seattle is a city of about 780,995 people in Washington, United States. OttoAnna lists 31 field recordings from here.
Recorded nearby
Bus Tunnel - Bus Tunnel #1
Seattle, United States
Bus Tunnel - Bus Tunnel #2
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Between Stories (Underground Tour 5)
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Purple Glass (Underground Tour 4)
Seattle, United States
Blocked In (Underground Tour 2.5)
Seattle, United States
Old Department Store (Underground Tour 1)
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More by rcarlberg
1520 Calif. Ave SW #1
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1520 Calif. Ave SW #2
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Edmonds Waterfront
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Greenlake in Winter
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Train #1: Picnic Point
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Train #4: Haines Wharf
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More birdsong & dawn chorus recordings
Sources & credits
- “Downtown Seattle - 4th & Lenora” by rcarlberg – Public Domain Mark · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0