Talk:Fresh Kills Landfill
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I moved the text of this page from the entry Fresh Kills which is properly the name of the stream and not the landfill. After moving, I rewrote it and corrected a number of things
- the "viewable from space" is completely anecdotal and patently false.
- the streams called Fresh Kills still exist and thrive.
- the closure of the island was due primarily to local pressure, not from the federal government.
The page could use more details about the history and geography. The section that is probably most deserved of expansion concerns the future plans for the site. IN 2001, there was design competition for the new parklands, but I am not sure of the status, since the WTC collapse shuffled any timetable most likely.--Decumanus 21:57, 15 Jan 2004 (UTC)
Actually, "viewable from space" is patently and meaninglessly true, you can see an awful lot of things from orbit.--Pharos 07:47, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)
I removed the claim below, which is obviously false. The claim was mentioned here, which says it was expected to become the largest structure if allowed to grow to 500 ft. However, the landfill was closed at 100 ft.
- The Landfill is also the largest single man made structure ever, larger even than the Great wall of China.
Wuputah 04:10, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
