From Farm to City: Staten Island 1661-2012 November 3, 2012

Through maps, photographs, newspapers, government documents, and original artifacts, visitors will encounter Staten Island's historical transformation and its changing roles as a farming center, as a rural retreat, as the site of rapidly residential communities, as a center for industry, and as an increasingly dense urban environment. 'From Farm to City: Staten Island 1661-2012' will also enable visitors to explore current debates about land preservation, environmental sustainability, and redevelopment on the island, including through a special case study of the Fresh Kills landfill redevelopment.