A New York Symphony, WTC in the Afternoon [Archival Audio]

A New York Symphony, WTC in the Afternoon [Archival Audio]

Tilman Reitzle had always been dazzled by the sights and sounds of rush hour at the WTC. Finally, on June 27, 1986--a Friday--he brought his SONY ProWalkman. That afternoon, he recorded this ambient noise from the plaza beneath the towers and the concourse inside the WTC. You can hear traffic, a fireworks vendor, two ladies saying their good-byes, an exasperated mother, a three-card monte hustler, and footsteps and ever more footsteps.

digitally recorded

audio

SMS005.2_4.aiff,

SMS203_02

archival

01:03:00

1986-06-27

Plaza

Concourse

Ambient Sound