The Sonic Memorial Project

Diane Ludin, one of the artists in residence at the WTC World Views Program, made ambient recordings of the WTC. This is the sound of a toy bomb ticking.

Diane Ludin, one of the artists in residence at the WTC World Views Program, made ambient recordings of the WTC. This is the sound of the turnstiles.

Diane Ludin, one of the artists in residence at the WTC World Views Program, made ambient recordings of the WTC. This is the sound of radio interference from the towers.

Diane Ludin, one of the artists in residence at the WTC World Views Program, made ambient recordings of the WTC. This is the sound of elevators.

Diane Ludin, one of the artists in residence at the WTC World Views Program, made ambient recordings of the WTC. This is the sound of the revolving doors and a man talking.

Diane Ludin, one of the artists in residence at the WTC World Views Program, made ambient recordings of the WTC. This is the sound of the revolving doors.

Diane Ludin, one of the artists in residence at the WTC World Views Program, made ambient recordings of the WTC. This is the sound of the turnstiles.

Les Robertson, the WTC structural engineer explains how the tenants of the building experienced the sway.

Hilary North wrote this poem after September 11th. She worked at Aon on the 103rd floor of 2 World Tade Center and she lost 176 co-workers. It was featured as part of the Sonic Memorial Special, produced by the Kitchen Sisters and narrated by Paul…

Guy Tozzoli talks about going ahead with construction despite critics.

Sandy Austin tells of the scale of the WTC construction project, which no one had seen before.

The Building Stewardesses looked up to Guy Tozzoli as an innovative businessman.

A montage of stewardesses talking about their various uniforms.

Jane Selawatch talks about the importance of exposure to other cultures.

Guy Tozzoli tells of opposition to the building of the WTC by the management of the Empire State Building.

Ray Ragusa has been working as a heavy equipment operator for the city of New York for 18 years. He describes how fortunate it was that the condition of the landfill was ready for the September 11 recovery effort. Ray remembers what he was doing on…

Herb Ouida worked on the 77th floor for the World Trade Association. When the planes hit on September 11th, he thought of his son working for Cantor Fitzgerald on the 105th. His story was featured in the Kitchen Sisters' production the Sonic…

Guy Tozzoli introduces himself. He talks about Lee Jaffe, a PR agent who had many ideas for the public image of the WTC.

Gerentology assistant professor Joe Angelelli recorded conversations with elderly on 9/11, saving many nuggets of wisdom. He also recorded the Providence candlelight vigil.

Guy Tozzoli describes the collection of dolls he had from all over the world. He kept his collection at his office and it was destroyed on September 11th.