{"id":464,"date":"2006-01-15T13:05:50","date_gmt":"2006-01-15T17:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=464"},"modified":"2013-01-21T14:41:37","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T19:41:37","slug":"city-soundtracks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/01\/15\/city-soundtracks\/","title":{"rendered":"City soundtracks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Walking through the city, one is treated to a variety of sounds &#8212; it could be the conversation of the people walking ahead of you on the sidewalk, the scraping of hockey sticks on asphalt as kids play road hockey, or the revving of car engines.  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