The Sounds of the City

For the second blog I took notes while waiting at the same bus stop at different times during the day to go to a doctor's appointment. It was a rainy day so you can hear as the wheels of the cars hits the pavement.

The first time I found myself at the bus stop it was around 9:30-9:45 AM. The morning traffic had died off and cars would move easily through the streets. Like I mentioned above being that it was raining you can hear the wheels of the vehicles hit the pavement. I found that sound to be soothing.
About every two to three minutes the train would pass and since it is overground you would actually hear the rough sounds it makes.

The second time I found myself at the same bus stop it was around 3:00 PM on the same day. It was not raining at the time but the grounds were still wet so you can still hear the sounds of the wheels hit the pavement. You can say that this sound served as background noise throughout the day because it was constant. Since it was a bit later in the day there was a lot more traffic in the streets. You can hear the traffic with all the honking. What added more roughness to the afternoon was the kids getting out of school. There is a high school near by and as they walked to the bus stop and train station you can hear them talking loudly. This can be said to serve as sound signals. The screaming voices, the laughters of the kids serve as a sound signal because it attracts attention. All these sounds can be said to be soundmarks of NYC. I feel that this is a sound mark for all of New York City. I doubt that any part in the suburbs or less transited areas would have all these sounds.