For 34 years, New York Sanitation worker, Nelson Molina collected items in the trash on his route in East Harlem. Over 45,000 items, all catalogued and organized on the second floor of the M11 garage. Nelson retired from the job in 2015, but comes to the garage routinely to check in on his "museum." The collection is not open to the public since it is in an active garage, but our hope is to get a proper space with the help of this film.

If you want to contribute in helping Nelson Molina acquire a permanent museum space for his incredible collection of New York City trash, please visit NYC Strongest to donate!

From the epic halls of The Metropolitan Museum of Art to the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Guggenheim, New York City is home to some of the most famous museums in the world, each one looking completely different from the next. Today Michael Wyetzner of Michielli + Wyetzner Architects returns to AD for an in-depth look at how the iconic museums and art galleries of NYC developed their unique designs and became some of the city’s best landmarks.

Chapters:
00:00 - When Train Tracks Ran on the Road - The New York Central Railroad
01:13 - The Unification of the New York Rails | The Birth of New York Central Railroad
03:27 - How Cornelius Vanderbilt Built a Rail Empire | The Age of the Commodore
06:20 - The Wild West Side & The St. Johns Train Terminal
10:00 - Why Running Trains on Street level is a horrible idea | New York’s “West Side cowboys”
11:56 - When New York moved their Railroad above street level | The High Line
12:39 - The Peak of New York Central Railroad
14:28 - When the U.S. seized the New York Central Rail Road.
15:39 - The Demise of New York Central Railroad
17:25 - The Legacy of New York Central Railroad