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The Fresh Kills mound. Photo by Nathan Kensinger.

When New York City decided to turn its 4.6-square-mile Fresh Kills landfill into a recreational nature area three times the size of Central Park, city officials touted it as “the park project of our time.” That’s a lot of hype to live up to, but eight years after the landfill closed, some new images by a local photo… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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