Viewing NYC Category: Garbage

How Much Horse Manure Was Deposited on the Streets Before the Advent of the Automobile?

Here's How Horse Manure Inspired the Iconic New York City Brownstone Stoop

by Matt Coneybeare

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Nature Abhors A Vacuum

Even More Detail on How Roosevelt Island's Vacuum Powered Garbage Collection Works

by Matt Coneybeare

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Collecting Trash by Vacuum on Roosevelt Island

Here's How Roosevelt Island's Vacuum Powered Garbage Collection Works

by Matt Coneybeare

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SPRING STREET SALT SHED

Peek Inside the Department of Sanitation's New Geometric Salt Shed in Tribeca

by Matt Coneybeare

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A Visual Survey of NYC Coffee Cups

Gear Patrol Surveys the Disposable Coffee Cups of New York City

by Matt Coneybeare

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West Village Corrugated Can at Anthropologie

Anthropologie is Now Selling a Rusty $99 "West Village" Trash Can

by Matt Coneybeare

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Mike Felber with his loot.

This Man is a High-End Dumpster Diver on the Upper West Side

by Matt Coneybeare

on Sep. 30, 2015 at 2:04 PM

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Feb. 18, 1949: Garbage was dumped onto a scow at the base of the Brooklyn Bridge, on its way to Staten Island, where the city had high hopes to reclaim nearly 2,000 acres of marsh for a parkway or even an airport. “We go everywhere against opposition and deep-rooted prejudice,” said Henry F. Cunningham, a World War II naval commander who oversaw the fleet charged with taking trash to Fresh Kills landfills. “We take a swampy area full of mosquitos and odors no better than those from refuse and transform it into fertile soil that can be made into beautiful parks,” Mr. Cunningham said.

Vintage Photograph of the Brooklyn Bridge and a Garbage Barge from The New York Times in 1949

by Matt Coneybeare

on Aug. 26, 2015 at 2:02 PM

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