NPR listens to the heart of the city

Pub­lic radio afi­ciona­dos may have heard of the organization’s new Cities project. NPR is ask­ing lis­ten­ers from all around the United States to cap­ture short record­ings of sounds they feel embody the quin­tes­sen­tial “heart” of their city. The project isn’t look­ing for iconic sounds of tourist sites; instead, they want to hear sounds that are off the grid, in places that are left out of tour books. It’s a great rea­son to explore your city for new sounds, or to revisit that favorite spot of yours. The project hopes to unite urban­ites, and to reignite people’s pas­sion for the place in which they live.

Learn more about the project and find out how to sub­mit here.

Photo cour­tesy of NPR.