Sound Walk

The area that I chose to do my soundwalk in was Glendale, Queens, which is where I currently live. I chose this area because I wanted to understand the neighborhood that I live in, and to walk around without the sound of Post Malone’s Stoney album in my ears. Glendale is a very residential area, which means lot of kids and old people yelling and screaming for no reason at all. I decided to do my soundwalk on Easter because I knew that most people would be out, going to church, and enjoying the nice weather in their Easter attire.

            As I walked down to Myrtle Ave from my house at around noon, I heard an abundance of people speaking all different languages and little kids running around with their Easter baskets filled up with eggs full of candy. The kids giggled every time they opened their eggs; happy to see candy or money hidden within each egg. I walked with my three-year-old brother and he had his basket and he kept opening his jelly bean filled eggs. The sound from the eggs being pried open sounded very harsh and the sound of him munching on the jelly beans sounded so loud to me at that moment, it was like it was the only thing I could focus on.

We live near a fire station and as we walked towards CVS, the sound of the sirens rang through the blocks of Glendale. Cars honked their horns to make it apparent to other drivers that the fire truck was coming their way. The sound of the fire truck, the sound of the Q55 bus, the sound of the supermarket’s automatic doors opening and the kids, are all the sounds that really hear like home to me. A unique sound or a sound that is most memorable to me was the sound of kids running and stomping around my block and their little laughs of happiness.