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Glorious Garbage Show Still On View Across Town!
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Garth Johnston
Published Jan 5, 2011
Modified Jan 5, 2011
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The city said garbage collection was starting Monday—and it did! But they also said it was going to take time to cart 50,000 tons of trash—and it has...
While many across the five boroughs have seen sanitation trucks on their blocks, many still have not. So let's take a moment, embrace our inner Oscar, and admire the manmade drifts adorning our town. It'll all be gone before you know it—unless you box it up.
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