The area I chose to explore on my sound walk is my neighborhood in uptown Harlem on the west side. As a racially diverse area of the city, they are many different sounds reflective of the cultures present. The first sounds I hear when I exit my building, are children laughing and playing in the street. The weather has started to get warmer so outside, little girls are playing jump rope after school. You can hear the sounds of the rope hitting the pavement as the girls count out loud.
Another sound you can hear is salsa music blasting from a car radio. There are a lot of Latin people in the area and on days where the weather is nice they like to gather outside for some bonding. Two elderly women are sitting outside of a clothing store, enjoying the music and chatting away. There is also a group of men surrounding the car playing music, that are hanging out and laughing. As I walk more towards broadway, I can hear the sounds of cars whizzing by. Broadway is a very busy avenue and has two way traffic so there are always plenty of taxis and cars passing by. There is the sound of a bus in the distance; I can see it two streets over. I also hear a mother calling out to her young son to “stop running ahead” in Spanish. Overall, the sounds I hear on my sound walk are very reflective of the busyness and culture that are the foundation of New York City,
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