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Efforts to convert what was once the world’s largest landfill into a public park reached a milestone Sunday with the opening of the first section open to the public, New York City officials said.The North Park section of 21 acres (8.5 hectares), of what has become Freshkills Park, includes walking and biking trails, a viewing deck, a bird-watching tower, and a waterless composting toilet. The Fresh Landfill The 2,200-acre (890-hectare) Kills on Staten Island was once the largest landfill in the world.
Efforts to convert what was once the world’s largest landfill into a public park reached a milestone Sunday with the opening of the first section open to the public, New York City officials said.
The 21-acre (8.5-hectare) North Park section of what has become Freshkills Park includes walking and biking trails, a viewing deck, a bird-watching tower, and a composting toilet that does not use water.
The 2,200-acre (890-hectare) Fresh Kills Landfill on Staten Island was once the largest landfill in the world. For five decades after it opened in 1948, it was New York City’s main garbage dump. The last regular garbage barge was delivered in 2001, when then-Mayor Rudy Giuliani closed the site, partly in response to Staten Island residents who had complained about it being the city’s dumping ground.
“This transformative project will serve as a model for land reuse projects around the world,” said New York City Parks Commissioner Sue Donoghue, “and is a shining example of how habitat restoration can benefit life. wild in urban areas.
Construction of Freshkills Park began in 2008 and is expected to be completed in 2036.
2023-10-16 14:07:39
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