Kitchener Soundwalks: Downtown Route, May 16-18 1998
From the gazebo, we walk over a wooden pedestrian bridge where newly-hatched sparrows
call for food, as their parents flutter in and out. We walk past the clock
tower, seen here in a watercolour done by P. S.
Moore during the Victoria Day electroacoustic concert. At the border of the
park is the bus station, very active at this point in the middle of the day. It
is two blocks from the bus station to Kitchener City Hall, which is fronted by
several large fountains that mask much of the traffic noise, inviting us to stop
for a moment. This is a popular meeting place, at this time of day frequented
by people from downtown offices on lunchbreaks. Walking along
King St. towards Queen St., we come to an empty lot. The brick walls on either
side are populated by many birds whose cries seem louder as we walk away from
the traffic. A reverberant covered passageway leads to Queen St., where we turn
back towards the park, crossing opposite the Lutheran church
and through parking lots surrounded by building exhaust vents, back to the park.
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