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Fresh Kills Competition
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2001: Design Competition

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To take advantage of the potential for the adaptive end use of this unique site, the City of New York, in association with the Municipal Art Society, New York State Department of State, New York City Department of Sanitation, New York City Department of Parks & Recreation, and New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, conducted an International Design Competition to foster the development of a master plan for Freshkills Park. The goal was to attract the best talent, worldwide, to generate ideas and innovative park designs that would meet the needs of the City’s communities, and respond to the natural and constructed history of the site.

On September 5th 2001, The City of New York announced the start of the International Design Competition. Read about the planning process.

Image: NYC Department of City Planning.

Landfill Timeline preview
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2001: Landfill Timeline

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The timeline of the landfill’s operation was put together for the catalogue of the exhibit called “Fresh Kills: Artists Respond to the Closure of the Staten Island Landfill,” mounted at the Snug Harbor Cultural Center‘s Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art in 2001.

Courtesy of the Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Diana Yates Staten Island Advance and photographer Michael Falco.

See the full timeline.

Guy Molinari
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1996: Staten Island BP Molinari Files Lawsuit

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Alleging Clean Air Act violations, the suit was the culmination of a decades-long effort to close Fresh Kills Landfill.

Staten Island Borough President Guy Molinari filed the lawsuit against the Mayor of the City of New York, Commissioner of the New York City Department of Sanitation, Governor of the State of New York, and Commissioner of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.

Image: “The Fresh Kills Story: From World’s Largest Garbage Dump to a World-Class Park.”

Fresh Kills Landfill
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1990: New York State Consent Order to Close Landfill

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April: The Fresh Kills Landfill Consent Order was issued between the City of New York and New York  State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC). The consent order required compliance with New York State’s Solid Waste Management Facilities Regulations 6 NYCRR 360, specified conditions for closure of Section 2/8 and 3/4 and interim operation of Fresh Kills Landfill, and identifies collection of landfill gas as an integral part of the closure plan.

Image: DSNY Photo Archive.