Mike Feller, a lifelong resident and retired NYC Parks Chief Naturalist, delivered a lecture on the transformation of Marine Park from a garbage dump to its current ecological significance. He shared childhood memories and detailed the area's development history through slides and personal anecdotes. Feller emphasized that his perspectives were distinct from previous talks as they were rooted in ecological aspects and his own experiences growing up in the area. His insights contributed to understanding the ecological evolution of this urban landscape historically viewed as a landfill.
"This is all about landfill," Feller said. Although there have been previous historical talks about the area, his was based on an ecological and personal perspective."
Feller described the area as his "home turf" and shared childhood memories of horseshoe crabs in the neighborhood sewer and an underground stream that flowed beneath his school.
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