Soundscape - Times Square
The predominant sound of Times Square is the overlapping noises of pedestrians talking, all at different pitches and they mess well together. People speak and none of the words can be made out. Sharp routine noises of cars breaking and honking at people crossing the road last minute with heavy footsteps. Bike bells ring and fade out as bicyclists zooms by. Street vendors speaking to their customers over the loud noise of their food truck engine. Music casts down from restaurant’s speakers and blocks out all other noise temporarily and then it fades away. The bike bell ringing and the honking of car horns are mean’t to draw our attention and its constant repetition in noise makes Times Square a very hectic area to be in. The noise of pedestrians and that of the cars embodies what Times Square is, a flooded tourist area with lots of traffic. The sound is unique to the location.