sanitation
The Controversial History of Alternate Side Parking in NYC
The history of Alternate Side Parking (ASP) is complex and continues to be a sore subject for most New Yorkers.
10 Fun Facts About the Sunset Park Material Recovery Facility, NYC’s State-of-the-Art Recycling Facility
The Sims Sunset Park Material Recovery Facility at the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal (SBMT) is a state-of-the-art, 11-acre recycling facility
The City Reliquary’s New Exhibition Examines The Art of Trash in NYC
Fresh Kills Landfill on Staten Island. Courtesy of DSNY. One man’s garbage is another man’s gold. How New
10 Fun Facts About the Sunset Park Material Recovery Facility, NYC’s State of the Art Municipal Recycling Facility
In one of our Behind the Scenes Tour series, produced in partnership with the NYCEDC, we brought Untapped Cities readers
Behind the Scenes at the NYC Sanitation Dept’s Art Gallery of Scavenged Objects
For over thirty years, an East Harlem sanitation garage has hosted a gallery filled with over 50,000 pieces of
The $20 Million Spring Street Salt Shed Rises Along the Hudson in NYC
We’ll admit, we’ve been obsessed with salt sheds for a while. It was only a matter of time
There’s a Trash Gallery in this NYC Sanitation Garage on the Upper East Side
Hidden on the second floor of an East Harlem sanitation garage lies one of New York City’s most fascinating
Vintage Photos: 1920s NYC Sanitation Workers in Uniform
A while back we discovered this photo on Instagram from user Robin Nagle of NYU which features several street sweepers
Daily What?! What’s a Classical Facade and Neon Art Doing on a Waste Plant in NYC?
The last thing we expect to see on a Department of Sanitation building is classical architecture, much like yesterday’s
The Paris Underground: An Introduction
Popular fascination with the subterranean systems of major urban centers is manifested in the photographs and writings of modern urban