"What I Hear"

For my sound walk I decided to walk through my neighborhood in Queens, I used to walk a lot around my neighborhood when I was younger and had to walk to and from school or would hang out with friends at the local park but I do not do it as much and I definitely do not do it in the way I did this sound walk. The area I live in is full of attached private houses and small business. The second I stepped outside of my house my neighbor was having work done on their house so there was loud drilling and banging. I also live on a very busy street so there was plenty of sounds of cars honking or speeding by, it is also an emergency vehicle route so of course there are sounds of sirens. I also live a few blocks away from a highway but I never realized how close it actually was till I walked around the area and was able to hear tons of cars and trucks. I also live in the path of the airports so there was tons of planes flying over head along this walk. Being that it is cold out there was not many people walking around but there was about four people waiting at the bus stop either listening to music, talking on the phone or on their phone, which is probably what I would be doing too. While walking the most popular sound that was heard that was something that I feel like I never actually listened to was the wind; the wind causing branches to make noise, plastic bags to make noise, and swinging doors. Another sound that I overlook every day is the sound of my feet hitting the pavement, when I walk anywhere I usually put my headphones in and listen to music but without that I felt like I was listening to a different form of music, each car, bus, plane, truck, or person that passed had a different sound that contributed to the song of Queens, New York.