Landfill Sites are Finding Second Lives as Real Estate Properties, Waste360, Mar. 2018

About Freshkills Park, NYC

“We want them [the public] to understand it’s been carefully designed and built. This is despite the fact that it does not look engineered,” says Ted Nabavi, director of waste management engineering for the New York City Department of Sanitation. “When they come, they see it’s what a natural park should be and are blown away by the beauty.”

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Other resources of interest:

• Properties with a Past
• César Chávez Park
• NSD Hotels
• Superfund Sites
• Crazy Horse