This website serves as a point of departure for learning more about DSNY’s untold story.
Dig deeper with the resources provided below.
DSNY Oral History Archive
Explore stories from DSNY — including several in-depth conversations about 9/11 — in this oral history project created by Dr. Robin Nagle, DSNY’s anthropologist-in-residence and professor of anthropology and environmental studies at New York University.
See also items catalogued for a museum building project.
photo courtesy of Robin Nagle
New York State Museum
Explore the New York State Museum’s exhibition The World Trade Center: Rescue, Recovery, Response, it’s virtual companion, and more images from their archives.
photo courtesy of Mark Schaming + the New York State Archives
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Sonic Memorial Project
NPR’s Sonic Memorial Project is an audio archive that tells the story of the World Trade Center, and features a page of interviews about the Fresh Kills Recovery Project.
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9/11 Museum
This blog post from the 9/11 Museum discusses 9/11-related illnesses, illustrated by items from their collection donated by the late DSNY Supervisor Joseph D’Aleo.
Freshkills Park Alliance
Explore a wealth of resources from the Freshkills Park Alliance, including histories of the land and the former landfill and more interactive maps and timelines.
Waste Management Engineering: Public Record
For a deeper dive into the public records related to the engineering of Fresh Kills Landfill and it’s conversion into parkland, explore DSNY Solid Waste Management’s collection through NYC Open Data.