Sounds of the Upper East Side

The sounds of the Upper East Side in the middle of the morning create a beautiful harmony. “Swoosh” is something heard a lot due to the many cars mixed with the windy circulation traveling in between the buildings. Many keynotes of keys jingling as I strolled down the sidewalks of 1st ave. Other keynotes I heard were the occasional aircraft flying in the distance. Many radios playing a variety of songs that I heard for about 6 seconds as they sound faded in and out. There was a loud flapping sound coming from a pile of pigeons fleeing the area I was walking in. The soundmarks of loud banging as I passed a construction worker hammering away. The thumps pulsated through my body attracting my full attention.Car horns were blasting through the streets as a very present sound signal. Soundmarks of the dogs barking as the dog walkers take out all the rich puppies for a long walk in the area. The clicking of expensive high heels on a dirty disgusting NYC sidewalk filled the area as a common soundmark. As I walked towards central park the sound of rattling change in a cup became a more common occurrence. Something that took me for a surprised was a loud conversation between two women that turned into an even louder conversation. And that even louder conversation turned into a screechy, bikery argument between these two women. They began to separate from each other yet became increasingly louder as they were still arguing with each other. They eventually faded away and the bussy hustle and bustle sounds of the upper east side came back to infiltrate my eardrums. But this was definitly an unexpected occurance that took place during my walk.

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