Treasures in the trash: the amazing things New Yorkers throw away | Guardian Culture
Treasures in the trash: the amazing things New Yorkers throw away | Guardian Culture
The second floor of a Department of Sanitation garage in East Harlem is home to thousands of objects New Yorkers have thrown away over the last three decades. The items were found in the trash, but look nothing like garbage. They have been carefully organized and kept by sanitation worker Nelson Molina.
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The Treasure in the Trash Museum, as he calls it, is an impressive collection of objects that Molina and some of his coworkers found during their daily job. ‘We are not allowed to take stuff home,’ Molina told the Guardian’s Ana Terra Athayde, ‘That’s why I like to display and everything.’
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I don’t understand hes not allowed to take anything (which is lame i know) then has a place full??
Is this guy a curator for Department of Sanitation NY?
It shocks me what some people throw out. Family keepsakes are the worst things to see here.
10 comments. Wow.
Da, remarcabil.
Cool
I went to see this amazing collection of so called trash, I was amazed how this place looks like a museum. Mr. Molina did a great job, I hope this place never gets condemned. #DSNY #STRONGEST #QW01 #SANITATION #SANITATIONWORKER #LOVEMYJOB
the coolest hoarder ive seen so far.
I like the projector!
Update: This video was published in late 2014. Mr. Molina, the sanitation worker, retired in 2015 but has continued to maintain the museum in its current location as of 2017. He is there about 3 days a week. The museum is still not open to the public, because of its location in a municipal building. However, they do occasionally host OHNY open house tours as part of a larger city program. Unfortunately, the museum’s future is still uncertain, as the building is no longer able to house the sanitation trucks for structural reasons and may be torn down. Here is a link to an update from 2017:
https://hyperallergic.com/368152/nyc-trash-is-a-museum-of-treasure/
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What a lovely man.
I love this guy.
liberals are so greedy they wont even let the garbage man keep what he finds. They havent found a way to tax him on it yet. They will probably end up telling him It has to be thrown away or auctioned.
This is amazing! They should make it a museum
Somebody needs to step up and make sure this becomes a Museum and not just sold off or thrown away when he retires, and who but him as it’s curator! How does that Go Fund me thing work?
Beautiful collection. He could make thousands if he sells them.
i would love to buy some of that treasure …
This video is now shown on the website wimp.com at http://www.wimp.com/take-a-tour-of-the-garbage-man-museum/
You are not allowed to take things home?
I used to work in District 65 in Brooklyn 1970 Dep of Sanitation City Of NY
I feel bad he can’t take these things or some when he retires. The things he treasures most.
Amazing!… Love this guy!
this guys is amazing!
What a cool guy!
Greatest recycler of all time!
In a way, he has a unique experience: getting to be a selective collector but not having the burden of actually owning any of it. Too often collectors fill up their houses, so full that their family doesn’t have enough space to co-habit comfortably. I think he is doing a great display and hope it can be open to the public, with him as the docent, tour guide. It looks like a well-organized thrift store, a shame nothing can be sold, but I guess useums have their place in popular culture.
What a sweetheart.
Wow, sweet man!
I think for 34 years it’s his collection, not sanitation Dept. He has a keen eye for treasures, like Mike Wolf from American Pickers.
r u drake from the future
Wow… that is nuts, I wonder what that collection would be valued at?