Eddie Nieves: “On the Route”

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Narrator: Eddie Nieves

Interviewer: Jackie Colognesi

Date: March 29, 2011

Duration: 1:11:33

Edwin (Eddie) Nieves has worked for the New York City Department of Sanitation (DSNY) for 26 years, from 1985 to 2011. In this interview, he…

Raj Kottamasu: “We haven’t yet totally broached this taboo of reusing waste landscapes”

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Narrator: Raj Kottamasu
Interviewer: Katie Fortunato
Date: April 3 2012
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Duration: 1:39:35

Raj Kottamasu worked as the Parks Department’s Arts Programming and Grants Manager for Freshkills Park from 2008 to 2012. As such, he worked to seek grant funding, manage existing grants, and develop an arts profile for the park.

Eloise Hirsh: “The people in Parks and Sanitation care about this project”

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Narrator: Eloise Hirsh

Interviewer: Shanna Farrell

Date: April 6, 2011

Interview Duration: 58 minutes

Eloise Hirsh, administrator of Freshkills Park, talks about spending her entire career in the public sector. She reflects on moving from New York…

Sandy McCaffrey: “The best job at the Department of Sanitation”

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Narrator: Sandy McCaffrey, Nurse at the Medical Division of the Department of Sanitation of New York

Interviewer: Rachel Greer

Date: March 21, 2011

Location: 44 Beaver Street, New York, NY: Sandy’s office at…

Hansine Bowe: Freshkills Backyard

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Narrator: Hansine Bowe
Interviewer: Margaret Fraser
Date: March 17, 2011; Location: Mrs. Bowe’s home
Duration: 01:11:58

Excerpt 1: Before the Landfill

Excerpt 2: Freshkills Landfill

Hansine Bowe (1943- ) was born and…

Frank Zito: “It was like a big crossword puzzle”

Narrator: Frank Zito
Interviewer: Christine Olson
Date: April 3, 2012
Place: Frank Zito’s House, Staten Island
Duration: 2:03
Overview: Frank Zito worked for the DSNY for twenty years, from 1990-2010, and spent fourteen of those years as a supervisor and marine dispatcher.

Javier Gomez: “Everything Else is Secondary”

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Phillip Gleason: “Is New York becoming part of the garbage problem?”

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Narrator: Phillip Gleason

Interviewer: Maggie Schreiner

Date: March 15 2011

Place: 44 Beaver Street, New York, NY; in Phil’s office.

Duration: 1:39:12

Phillip Gleason is the Assistant Commissioner for Waste Management Engineering at…

André Ramos: “Trash as a Canvas”

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