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From Wasteland to Wonder: How Contaminated Sites Become Eco-Travel Destinations

New York City spent more than fifty years piling its garbage onto Staten Island. At its worst, Fresh Kills took in 29,000 tons a day, barge after barge, and residents along the West Shore Expressway could smell it with the windows up. Now it’s a park. Kayakers, ospreys, sweeping grassland, the whole postcard, and once […]