September 11 Digital Archive

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

Title

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

Description

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 evening, he stood in the concourse near the turnstiles to the PATH train and recorded this ambient noise. You can hear the sounds of the trains, a vendor trying to persuade a woman to buy a battery-lighted spinning top, passing commuters singing and whistling, Susan B. Anthony dollar coins dropping into the change tray.

Source

digitally recorded

Media Type

audio

Sonic Memorial: Name

SMS005.3_4.aiff

Sonic Memorial: Source Ref Name

SMS203_04

Sonic Memorial: Source Type

archival

Sonic Memorial: Duration

01:37:00

Sonic Memorial: Creation Date

1986-06-27

Sonic Memorial: Keyword

Mass Transit
Concourse
Commute
Ambient Sound

Citation

“A New York Symphony, WTC in the Evening [Archival Audio],” September 11 Digital Archive, accessed November 15, 2024, https://911digitalarchive.org/items/show/95384.