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One square meter: handrail support poles, first pair
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Recordist's notes
a series of poles along the riverside that once supported handrails for the now-overgrown staircase down to the waters edge. the handrails are gone, leaving the poles open to resonate with the surrounding noise. all recordings on this spot were made within a few square meters' radius.
About the place
Maribor is a town of about 96,209 people in Urban Municipality of Maribor, Slovenia. OttoAnna lists 929 field recordings from here.
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One square meter: handrail support poles, second pair
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One square meter: handrail support poles, third pair
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One square meter: handrail support poles, fourth pair
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Sources & credits
- “Maribor, Slovenia - one square meter: handrail support poles, first pair” by patrick mcginley – CC BY-SA 3.0 · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0