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Category : Streets
Languages : en
Pages : 126
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Annual Report of the Street Commissioner
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Category : Streets
Languages : en
Pages : 126
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Category : Streets
Languages : en
Pages : 126
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Fresh Kills
Author: Martin V. Melosi
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231548354
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
Fresh Kills—a monumental 2,200-acre site on Staten Island—was once the world’s largest landfill. From 1948 to 2001, it was the main receptacle for New York City’s refuse. After the 9/11 attacks, it reopened briefly to receive human remains and rubble from the destroyed Twin Towers, turning a notorious disposal site into a cemetery. Today, a mammoth reclamation project is transforming the landfill site, constructing an expansive park three times the size of Central Park. Martin V. Melosi provides a comprehensive chronicle of Fresh Kills that offers new insights into the growth and development of New York City and the relationship among consumption, waste, and disposal. He traces the metamorphoses of the landscape, following it from salt marsh to landfill to cemetery and looks ahead to the future park. By centering the problem of solid-waste disposal, Melosi highlights the unwanted consequences of mass consumption. He presents the Fresh Kills space as an embodiment of massive waste, linking consumption to the continuing presence of its discards. Melosi also uses the landfill as a lens for understanding Staten Island’s history and its relationship with greater New York City. The first book on the history of the iconic landfill, Fresh Kills unites environmental, political, and cultural history to offer a reflection on material culture, consumer practices, and perceptions of value and worthlessness.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231548354
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
Fresh Kills—a monumental 2,200-acre site on Staten Island—was once the world’s largest landfill. From 1948 to 2001, it was the main receptacle for New York City’s refuse. After the 9/11 attacks, it reopened briefly to receive human remains and rubble from the destroyed Twin Towers, turning a notorious disposal site into a cemetery. Today, a mammoth reclamation project is transforming the landfill site, constructing an expansive park three times the size of Central Park. Martin V. Melosi provides a comprehensive chronicle of Fresh Kills that offers new insights into the growth and development of New York City and the relationship among consumption, waste, and disposal. He traces the metamorphoses of the landscape, following it from salt marsh to landfill to cemetery and looks ahead to the future park. By centering the problem of solid-waste disposal, Melosi highlights the unwanted consequences of mass consumption. He presents the Fresh Kills space as an embodiment of massive waste, linking consumption to the continuing presence of its discards. Melosi also uses the landfill as a lens for understanding Staten Island’s history and its relationship with greater New York City. The first book on the history of the iconic landfill, Fresh Kills unites environmental, political, and cultural history to offer a reflection on material culture, consumer practices, and perceptions of value and worthlessness.
Abbott's Digest of All New York Reports
Author: Austin Abbott
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1498
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1498
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Reports of Cases Heard and Determined in the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Author: New York (State). Supreme Court. Appellate Division
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1330
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1330
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Abbott's Digest of All the New York Reports ...
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Languages : en
Pages : 548
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Languages : en
Pages : 548
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Abbotts' Digest of All the New York Reports, 1913-[1917]
Author: Benjamin Vaughan Abbott
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 958
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 958
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The City Record
Author: New York (N.Y.)
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Category : New York (N.Y
Languages : en
Pages : 950
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Category : New York (N.Y
Languages : en
Pages : 950
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Better Roads and Streets
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Category : Roads
Languages : en
Pages : 640
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Category : Roads
Languages : en
Pages : 640
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Proceedings
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Category : Finance, Public
Languages : en
Pages : 1182
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Category : Finance, Public
Languages : en
Pages : 1182
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Street-cleaning and the Disposal of a City's Wastes
Author: George Edwin Waring
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Category : New York (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 258
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Publisher:
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Category : New York (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 258
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