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What each room sounds like at 08:0011:0013:0016:0019:00

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Tue 3 Nov 2026 · dB(A), 10-minute average, at seated ear height
Readings at 08:00: Reading Room 31 decibels, Booths 36 decibels, Meeting rooms 40 decibels, Commons 44 decibels, Kitchen 47 decibels, Broadway 61 decibels.
Readings at 11:00: Reading Room 34 decibels, Booths 38 decibels, Meeting rooms 44 decibels, Commons 49 decibels, Kitchen 55 decibels, Broadway 63 decibels.
Readings at 13:00: Reading Room 36 decibels, Booths 39 decibels, Meeting rooms 45 decibels, Commons 51 decibels, Broadway 62 decibels, Kitchen 64 decibels.
Readings at 16:00: Reading Room 35 decibels, Booths 37 decibels, Meeting rooms 42 decibels, Commons 48 decibels, Kitchen 53 decibels, Broadway 66 decibels.
Readings at 19:00: Reading Room 32 decibels, Booths 35 decibels, Meeting rooms 38 decibels, Commons 41 decibels, Kitchen 46 decibels, Broadway 64 decibels.
The Reading Room from desk 7: a row of dark oak desks with black task lamps under rows of mulberry felt baffles, nobody at the desks.

Reading Room

31 dB at 08:0032 dB at 19:0034 dB at 11:0035 dB at 16:0036 dB at 13:00

silent · 12 desks

Each tick is one hour's reading, on the scale above.

No talking, no calls, keyboards only.

Reading Room desk, $395 a month

The Commons at eleven: long oak benches and a window counter under the felt baffles, two members working at the far end, seen from behind.

Commons

41 dB at 19:0044 dB at 08:0048 dB at 16:0049 dB at 11:0051 dB at 13:00

low voice · 28 seats

Talk at the volume of the person beside you; take calls in a booth.

Day pass, $35 a day, or Flex, $220 a month

Booth 3 from the corridor, door shut: a glass-fronted booth lined in mulberry felt, with a stool and an oak shelf inside.
  • Booth 134 dB35 dB36 dB36 dB37 dB
  • Booth 233 dB34 dB36 dB37 dB38 dB
  • Booth 335 dB36 dB37 dB38 dB39 dB
  • Booth 433 dB33 dB35 dB36 dB37 dB
  • Booth 532 dB34 dB34 dB35 dB36 dB
  • Booth 634 dB35 dB36 dB37 dB38 dB

Booths

35 dB at 19:0036 dB at 08:0037 dB at 16:0038 dB at 11:0039 dB at 13:00

calls · 6 booths, 2 for two · measured outside, mid-call

Calls and video, door shut.

Every plan opens them, in 30-minute turns on a day pass or Flex. Compare the plans

The Kitchen: a kettle and a row of white cups on a terrazzo counter with oak stools in front of it, under the felt baffles, one person far off seen from behind.

Kitchen

46 dB at 19:0047 dB at 08:0053 dB at 16:0055 dB at 11:0064 dB at 13:00

talk freely

Talk, eat, take a call standing up.

Every plan opens it, and nobody books it. Compare the plans

Vashon through its glass wall from the corridor: a long oak table with chairs for twelve and a blank screen, nobody in the room.

Vashon, from the corridor

Meeting rooms

measured in the corridor, during a meeting

  • Ketron, 4 seats, $32 an hour36 dB at 19:0038 dB at 08:0039 dB at 16:0040 dB at 11:0041 dB at 13:00
  • Maury, 8 seats, $50 an hour37 dB at 19:0039 dB at 08:0041 dB at 16:0042 dB at 11:0043 dB at 13:00
  • Vashon, 12 seats, $72 an hour38 dB at 19:0040 dB at 08:0042 dB at 16:0044 dB at 11:0045 dB at 13:00

Rates, seats and the request form

Show every reading as a table
Every place at the five measuring hours, in decibels
PlaceWhere08:0011:0013:0016:0019:00
Reading Roomin the room3134363532
Commonsin the room4449514841
Booth 1outside, mid-call3536373634
Booth 2outside, mid-call3437383633
Booth 3outside, mid-call3638393735
Booth 4outside, mid-call3336373533
Booth 5outside, mid-call3434363532
Booth 6outside, mid-call3537383634
Kitchenin the room4755645346
Ketronin the corridor3840413936
Mauryin the corridor3942434137
Vashonin the corridor4044454238
Broadwayat the front door6163626664

Come at the hour you would work.

Tours Wednesday and Friday at 11:00 and 13:00: two of the hours we measure, so the rooms sound the way the readings say.

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