The setting that I have chosen for my linguistic landscape is the Queens neighborhood of Maspeth. I have lived in Maspeth my entire life and if I were asked about why was this chosen to be my linguistic landscape, I would say because it is just simply home to me.
There are multiple different parts of Maspeth but the ones that I will be focusing on in this blog are Grand Avenue and Maspeth Plateau. Maspeth Plateau is where I have been living for 18 years. Going from the right of Woodside, you will be taken from two-family, modern houses to single-family Tudor houses. If you go further west, you will find Frank Principe Park (known to the locals as Maurice Park.) Maurice Park has everything a normal NYC park would have: two playgrounds, a set of swings, different fields to play other sports and an exercise area. There’s even a set of sprinklers. This park has a significance to me as I used to spend my entire childhood here from a toddler to sometimes even now. If you continue going west, you will find Maspeth’s most iconic landmark: Grand Avenue. Grand Avenue is like a suburban town square you would see in the movies with its own bank branch, restaurants, bars, and etc. It is also where a famous 9/11 monument is located.
