The busy pedestrian and auto traffic in the streets of Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA. A large truck passing, some group chatter, and in the last 20 seconds or so you can hear that electronic crosswalk chirp thing :)

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  wordboy 1 year, 8 months ago

  I must disagree with some of the comments above. This is one of the VERY FEW street-level recordings that creates a proper picture. Most are recorded from a too-distant perspective; all you hear is rumble. There's no irrelevant chatter, and the perspective is fixed. As for the mp3 encoding, I'll bet there's not a whit of difference between the highs in the original and this version, and that's due to the mic. I think it's great. So there.
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  flofflach 2 years, 6 months ago

  thanks needed sound to a flash movie about streets...the cirping not quite culturally appropriate but might dd a nice curiosity...
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  2Cents 3 years, 6 months ago

  This is just perfect for a project I'm working on. To all the critics of this file....please. There are a LOT worse examples of horrible recording than this one.
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  Toni-Hannes 3 years, 10 months ago

  Well, hmm, don't like that sound.
  It's a good example of the disadvantage of mp3-encoding. The heights are completely cut off. That's a pity.
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  frustratedjournalist 4 years, 5 months ago

  This is the perfect sound I needed for a project. Just enough background noise. A plus!