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Freshkills Park

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Freshkills Park is a public park being built atop a landfill reclamation project on Staten Island. [1]

46 relations: American goldfinch, American kestrel, Arthur Kill Road, Barge, Birdwatching, Central Park, Common pheasant, Comprehensive planning, Equestrianism, Fresh Kills Landfill, George Hargreaves, Golf, James Corner, John McAslan, Landscape architecture, Manhattan, New York City, New York City Department of City Planning, New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, New York City Department of Sanitation, New York Post, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, New York State Route 440, Northern snapping turtle, Office of Chief Medical Examiner of the City of New York, Osprey, Photovoltaic system, Red-tailed hawk, Red-winged blackbird, Request for proposal, Revenue, Richmond Avenue, Sasaki Associates, September 11 attacks, Staten Island, The Book of General Ignorance, The New York Times, Travis, Staten Island, Tree swallow, Turkey vulture, United States, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Urban park, Wetland, William T. Davis Wildlife Refuge, World Trade Center (1973–2001).

American goldfinch

The American goldfinch (Spinus tristis) is a small North American bird in the finch family.

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American kestrel

The American kestrel (Falco sparverius) is the smallest and most common falcon in North America.

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Arthur Kill Road

Arthur Kill Road is a major northeast-southwest artery along the South-West Shore of the New York City borough of Staten Island.

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Barge

A barge is a flat-bottomed ship, built mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods.

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Birdwatching

Birdwatching, or birding, is a form of wildlife observation in which the observation of birds is a recreational activity or citizen science.

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Central Park

Central Park is an urban park in Manhattan, New York City.

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Common pheasant

The common pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) is a bird in the pheasant family (Phasianidae).

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Comprehensive planning

Comprehensive planning is a process that determines community goals and aspirations in terms of community development.

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Equestrianism

Equestrianism (from Latin equester, equestr-, equus, horseman, horse), more often known as riding, horse riding (British English) or horseback riding (American English), refers to the skill of riding, driving, steeplechasing or vaulting with horses.

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Fresh Kills Landfill

The Fresh Kills Landfill was a landfill covering in the New York City borough of Staten Island in the United States.

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George Hargreaves

George Hargreaves (born November 12, 1952) is a landscape architect.

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Golf

Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.

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James Corner

James Corner is a landscape architect and theorist whose works exhibit a focus on "developing innovative approaches toward landscape architectural design and urbanism." His designs of note include Fresh Kills Park on Staten Island and the High Line in Manhattan, and Domino Park in Brooklyn, all in New York City.

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John McAslan

John Renwick McAslan, (born 16 Feb 1954) is a British architect.

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Landscape architecture

Landscape architecture is the design of outdoor areas, landmarks, and structures to achieve environmental, social-behavioural, or aesthetic outcomes.

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Manhattan

Manhattan is the most densely populated borough of New York City, its economic and administrative center, and its historical birthplace.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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New York City Department of City Planning

The Department of City Planning (DCP) is the department of the government of New York City responsible for setting the framework of city's physical and socioeconomic planning.

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New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

The New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, also called Parks Department and NYC Parks, is the department of the government of New York City responsible for maintaining the city's parks system, preserving and maintaining the ecological diversity of the city's natural areas, and furnishing recreational opportunities for city's residents and visitors.

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New York City Department of Sanitation

The New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) is the department of the government of New York City responsible for garbage collection, recycling collection, street cleaning, and snow removal.

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New York Post

The New York Post is the fourth-largest newspaper in the United States and a leading digital media publisher that reached more than 57 million unique visitors in the U.S. in January 2017.

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New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (informally referred to as NYSDEC, DEC, EnCon or NYSENCON) is a department of New York state government.

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New York State Route 440

New York State Route 440 (NY 440) is a state highway located entirely on Staten Island in New York City.

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Northern snapping turtle

The northern snapping turtle (Elseya dentata) — Gray, 1863 is a large aquatic turtle found throughout many rivers in northern Western Australia and the Northern Territory.

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Office of Chief Medical Examiner of the City of New York

The Office of Chief Medical Examiner of the City of New York (OCME) is a department within the city government that investigates cases of persons who die within New York City from criminal violence; by casualty or by suicide; suddenly, when in apparent good health; when unattended by a physician; in a correctional facility; or in any suspicious or unusual manner.

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Osprey

The osprey or more specifically the western osprey (Pandion haliaetus) — also called sea hawk, river hawk, and fish hawk — is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey with a cosmopolitan range.

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Photovoltaic system

A photovoltaic system, also PV system or solar power system, is a power system designed to supply usable solar power by means of photovoltaics.

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Red-tailed hawk

The red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) is a bird of prey that breeds throughout most of North America, from the interior of Alaska and northern Canada to as far south as Panama and the West Indies.

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Red-winged blackbird

The red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) is a passerine bird of the family Icteridae found in most of North America and much of Central America.

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Request for proposal

A request for proposal (RFP) is a document that solicits proposal, often made through a bidding process, by an agency or company interested in procurement of a commodity, service, or valuable asset, to potential suppliers to submit business proposals.

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Revenue

In accounting, revenue is the income that a business has from its normal business activities, usually from the sale of goods and services to customers.

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Richmond Avenue

Richmond Avenue is an integral north-south thoroughfare on Staten Island.

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Sasaki Associates

Sasaki is a global design firm specializing in architecture, interior design, planning, urban design, landscape architecture, strategic planning, graphic design, and civil engineering.

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September 11 attacks

The September 11, 2001 attacks (also referred to as 9/11) were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda against the United States on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001.

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Staten Island

Staten Island is the southernmost and westernmost of the five boroughs of New York City in the U.S. state of New York.

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The Book of General Ignorance

The Book of General Ignorance is the first in a series of books based on the final round in the intellectual British panel game QI, written by series-creator John Lloyd and head-researcher John Mitchinson,.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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Travis, Staten Island

Travis is a residential and industrial neighborhood in west-central Staten Island, one of the five boroughs of New York City.

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Tree swallow

The tree swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) is a migratory bird found in North America in the family Hirundinidae.

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Turkey vulture

The turkey vulture (Cathartes aura), also known in some North American regions as the turkey buzzard (or just buzzard), and in some areas of the Caribbean as the John crow or carrion crow, is the most widespread of the New World vultures.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States Environmental Protection Agency

The Environmental Protection Agency is an independent agency of the United States federal government for environmental protection.

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Urban park

An urban park or metropolitan park, also known as a municipal park (North America) or a public park, public open space, or municipal gardens (UK), is a park in cities and other incorporated places to offer recreation and green space to residents of, and visitors to, the municipality.

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Wetland

A wetland is a land area that is saturated with water, either permanently or seasonally, such that it takes on the characteristics of a distinct ecosystem.

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William T. Davis Wildlife Refuge

The William T. Davis Wildlife Refuge (WTDWR) is an wildlife refuge straddling the New Springville and Travis sections of Staten Island.

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World Trade Center (1973–2001)

The original World Trade Center was a large complex of seven buildings in Lower Manhattan, New York City, United States.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freshkills_Park

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