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Green Traffic Box, Electromagnetic Listening, NYC

Brooklyn, Kings County, City of New York, New York, United States

A field recording by Carlo Patrao made in Williamsburg, United States on 1 August 2023, in the afternoon. Soundscape: streets & traffic and soundwalks.

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Green Traffic Box, Electromagnetic Listening, NYC
CC BY 3.0by Carlo PatraoInternet Archive
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Electromagnetic recording of a Green Traffic Box in Brooklyn, NYC. The high-pitch pulses correspond to the change in the traffic light from the orange "stop" signal to the "white" walk signal, and the intermittent pulses correspond to the flickering of the stop signal warning the pedestrians that they should stop crossing. What's inside those mysterious green boxes? https://gothamist.com/news/whats-inside-those-mysterious-green-boxes-attached-to-nyc-lamp-posts

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

About the place

Williamsburg is a town of about 33,000 people in New York, United States. OttoAnna lists 43 field recordings from here.

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