Fresh Kills

Author : Martin V. Melosi
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2020-01-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780231548359

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Fresh Kills by Martin V. Melosi Pdf

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.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004333932

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From Virgin Land to Disney World by Anonim Pdf

With the publication in English in 1930 of Civilization and its Discontents and its thesis that instinct – and, ultimately: nature – had been and must be forever subordinated in order that civilization might thrive and endure, Freud contributed what some contemporaries saw to the central debate of his era – a debate which had long preoccupied both official American pundits and the American populace at large. At the beginning of the new Millennium, evidence abounds that an American debate still rages over the meaning of “nature,” the rightful weight of instinct, and the status of civilization. The Millennium itself has appeared in popular and official discourses as an appropriate marker of an age in which nature is close to the edge of radical extinction and has also become more and more unreliable as a paradigm for representation and debate. At the same time, the contemporary tailoring of nature to postmodern needs and expectations inevitably reveals the conceptual difficulty of any possible, simple opposition between nature and culture as if they were clearly distinguishable domains. If nature, then, can clearly be seen as a discursive concept, it may also be a timeless concept insofar that it has been shaped, created, and used at all times. Every epoch, age and era had “its own nature,” with myth, history and ideology as its dominant shaping forces. From the Frontier to Cyberia, nature has been suffering the “agony of the real,” resurfacing in discursive strategies and demonstrating a powerful impact on American society, culture and self-definition. The essays in this collection “speak critically of the natural” and examine the American debate in the many guises it has assumed over the last century within the context of major critical approaches, psychoanalytical concepts, and postmodern theorizing.

Author : Peter Reed
Publisher : The Museum of Modern Art
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 087070379X

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Groundswell by Peter Reed Pdf

Essay by Peter Reed.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1922
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015019922643

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Special Publications by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1922
Category : Coasts
ISBN : SRLF:A0009476797

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Special Publication by Anonim Pdf

Author : L. A. Cole,I. A. Alpert
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1922
Category : Bench-marks
ISBN : PSU:000071904986

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Tidal Bench Marks by L. A. Cole,I. A. Alpert Pdf

Author : Jonathan Baldwin,Lucienne Roberts
Publisher : AVA Publishing
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2006-07-12
Category : Art
ISBN : 9782940373093

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Visual Communication by Jonathan Baldwin,Lucienne Roberts Pdf

"Visual communication places graphic design in a wider cultural context, highlighting the key debates and issues the practice implies. Theoretical essays discussed by today's leading designers apply the cultural theory to the real-world practice of graphic design, helping students to develop sound critical judgement and informed strategies for the generation of new ideas that accurately reflect the current zeitgeist"--Book cover.

Author : John Beardsley
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2007-07-26
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1568986246

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Large Parks by John Beardsley Pdf

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Author : Raymond Gastil
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2002-10-25
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1568983271

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Beyond the Edge by Raymond Gastil Pdf

Through an insightful look at projects from around the world and at the current design proposals for New York itself, the author paints a portrait of redevelopment that is both pragmatic and visionary, one that holds the promise of reconnecting New Yorkers to their waterfront as a vital place of work and of public life."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Julie Sze
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2006-11-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780262264792

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Noxious New York by Julie Sze Pdf

Examines the culture, politics, and history of the movement for environmental justice in New York City, tracking activism in four neighborhoods on issues of public health, garbage, and energy systems in the context of privatization, deregulation, and globalization. Racial minority and low-income communities often suffer disproportionate effects of urban environmental problems. Environmental justice advocates argue that these communities are on the front lines of environmental and health risks. In Noxious New York, Julie Sze analyzes the culture, politics, and history of environmental justice activism in New York City within the larger context of privatization, deregulation, and globalization. She tracks urban planning and environmental health activism in four gritty New York neighborhoods: Brooklyn's Sunset Park and Williamsburg sections, West Harlem, and the South Bronx. In these communities, activism flourished in the 1980s and 1990s in response to economic decay and a concentration of noxious incinerators, solid waste transfer stations, and power plants. Sze describes the emergence of local campaigns organized around issues of asthma, garbage, and energy systems, and how, in each neighborhood, activists framed their arguments in the vocabulary of environmental justice. Sze shows that the linkage of planning and public health in New York City goes back to the nineteenth century's sanitation movement, and she looks at the city's history of garbage, sewage, and sludge management. She analyzes the influence of race, family, and gender politics on asthma activism and examines community activists' responses to garbage privatization and energy deregulation. Finally, she looks at how activist groups have begun to shift from fighting particular siting and land use decisions to engaging in a larger process of community planning and community-based research projects. Drawing extensively on fieldwork and interviews with community members and activists, Sze illuminates the complex mix of local and global issues that fuels environmental justice activism.

Author : Barbara La Rocco
Publisher : Going Coastal, Inc.
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Travel
ISBN : 097298030X

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Going Coastal, New York City by Barbara La Rocco Pdf

An ultra-useful guide that brings together all the information necessary to enjoy the waterfront, in a compact, well-organized form - Phillip Lopate, author of Waterfront: A Journey Around Manhattan Use this guide to discover the beaches, boardwalks, historic sites, and marine attractions, as well as the limitless opportunities for waterside fun, dining, and adventure in the five boros of New York. Designed for travelers and locals, alike, Going Coastal New York City offers the best, most comprehensive information on what's happening along New York City's over 500 miles of coastline.

Author : Geoffrey L. Buckley,Yolonda Youngs
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781442269972

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The American Environment Revisited by Geoffrey L. Buckley,Yolonda Youngs Pdf

This innovative book provides a dynamic—and often surprising—view of the range of environmental issues facing the United States today. A distinguished group of scholars examines the growing temporal, spatial, and thematic breadth of topics historical geographers are now exploring. Seventeen original chapters examine topics such as forest conservation, mining landscapes, urban environment justice, solid waste, exotic species, environmental photography, national and state park management, recreation and tourism, and pest control. Commemorating the twenty-fifth anniversary of the publication of the seminal work The American Environment: Interpretations of Past Geographies, the book clearly shows much has changed since 1992. Indeed, not only has the range of issues expanded, but an increasing number of geographers are forging links with environmental historians, promoting a level of intellectual cross-fertilization that benefits both disciplines. As a result, environmental historical geographies today are richer and more diverse than ever. The American Environment Revisited offers a comprehensive overview that gives both specialist and general readers a fascinating look at our changing relationships with nature over time.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Science
ISBN : MINN:31951D00438294Y

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Proceedings of the Natural Science Association of Staten Island by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:32044106296130

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Proceedings of the Staten Island Association of Arts and Sciences by Anonim Pdf

Author : Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Science
ISBN : CORNELL:31924093061715

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Proceedings - Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences by Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences Pdf