- This week was rainy and snowy in the city. If you are not in a rush to be anywhere, bad weather can produce some pretty good sounds. Almost symphonic at times. This is a composite of audio recordings, some from my apartment window during a rainy rush hour, and others walking around the Union Square/Ironbound neighborhood. - Headphones are a must for the full experience. Close your eyes, relax, let your ears take it in and feel free to ease into city slumber.

- Even with a bitter wind, Chinatown still bustles. The food markets that open up right on to the sidewalk are doing business, selling fruits, vegetables, and seafood. On the occasional quiet block in this part of town, the constant noise recedes and is just a gentle sound in the distance. Very peaceful until you turn a corner and the volume is turned up again. The crescendo arrives toward the end as we approach the Manhattan bridge overpass with the roar of the trains high overhead and the market sounds below. - Headphones are a must for the full experience. Close your eyes, relax, let your ears take it in and feel free to ease into city slumber.

- Departing the #6 Train at 42nd street. This sound exploration takes us through the many bustling corridors of Grand Central Station, an epic hub in the center of New York. We then move back into the subway for quick shuttle train ride across town to the Times Square station. Walking the train platforms and eventually making our way to the below ground pedestrian tunnel that leads to the Port Authority Bus Terminal. Port Authority is a complete dump when compared to the classic beauty of Grand Central. Lucky for listeners, the sound barely scratches that surface and the audio input is lively with many interesting textures. - Headphones are suggested, eyes closed for maximum enjoyment. Feel free to drift of into a sleep state.

- A walk across 34th street in Manhattan, New York City. River to river, east to west. - Starting at the 34th street ferry landing and heading west, the first part of this walk is mainly traffic in the distance. The constant background noise of motor vehicles sounds like ocean waves on a quiet beach. - A few minutes in, around 3rd avenue, pedestrian chatter starts to pick up, fleeting conversations with no context as we head west. - Arriving at 5th avenue, the congestion becomes increasingly dense with the Empire State Building looming overhead. - The next corner is Herald Square where the Pre-Holiday hype starts to kick in. Christmas music is the crescendo as it momentarily blares storefront from Macy’s. - Somewhere west of 8th avenue, the only sign of wildlife, a lone Sparrow can be heard chirping from a tree with no leaves. - At 10th avenue, industrial noises come from above, this is the sound of overdevelopment under construction at the “Hudson Yards”. - Loud noises during the remaining stretch start to wind down with only a few pings & pangs. Distant sounds of small aircraft flying up and down the Hudson river fade in from above. - After crossing 12th avenue, the gentle crashing of Hudson River waves against the seawall brings this first audio exploration to a peaceful end.