I entered the lottery but did not win. Sorry to miss meeting you. Let me know what they say. If you feel like recording the tour on your phone, I would be grateful if you could share a video. I'm working with the city council on how to offer more informed tours.

Hopefully @nycgovparks.org will include visiting Dawn Powell's burial location in their upcoming tour for Women's History Month.

Today is International Women’s Day and the search for a record of #DawnPowell where and when she was buried on Hart Island appears to be over. Debra Lapa recently found her listed in a city burial ledger from 1976. She was buried In Plot 90 Section II, Grave 26, Stable Area

Landscape of Hope: A Plan to End Mass Burials in NYC

Speak with The Hart Island Project
Saturday, Feb 28, 11AM - 12:30 PM
to discuss Landscape of Hope:
A Plan to End Mass Burials in NYC

Bronx Parks Speak-Up 2026
Lehman College Music Building
Faculty Dining Room
250 Bedford Park Blvd. Bronx, NY

Landscape of Hope Video Landscape of Hope is a proof of concept for how the City of New York could end mass burials on Hart Island and continue to offer culturally acceptable green burials.…

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Help and Donate | The Hart Island Project The Hart Island Project offers a way to support efforts in preserving the history and dignity of those buried on Hart Island. Your contribution helps maintain burial records, promote advocacy, and ens...

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City Council bill seeks study of Hart Island as burial space runs out The bill would require the city to analyze ways to make the island more suitable for visitors and resilient to climate change.

Before building a visitor center on Hart Island city agencies need to reconsider deep trench burials and switch to individual graves. Legislation passed last week ensuring that alternatives to the current burial practice are considered before Parks Capital Plan moves forward.

Council hearing probes Hart Island capacity, burial practices and calls for study A joint New York City Council hearing on Hart Island examined burial operations, capacity projections and two measures: a bill to study burial practices and a resolution to raise funeral assistance li...

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The Hart Island Project Since 1980, 80,439 people have been buried in mass graves on Hart Island. The Traveling Cloud Museum is a collection of their stories.

The Hart Island Project is pleased to announce the release of Landscape of Hope: A plan to end mass burials in NYC
www.hartisland.net/landscapes/

Great to meet everyone @Viva la Sound on Saturday, Sept 13

Beautiful day on Hart Island

The Hart Island Project Annual Public Meeting June 14 2025 The Hart Island Project presents research on Landscape of Hope: A Plan to end Mass Burials in NYC and answers questions from the public.

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Join us Saturday Feb 22 11 AM-12:30 PM for Bronx Parks Speak-up @CUNY/Lehman College Music Building 250 Bedford Park W, BX NY to discuss Ending Mass Burials in NYC

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Landscape of Hope: An End to Mass Burials on Hart Island. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. On April 20, 1869, New York City opened City Cemetery on Hart Island, now the largest municipal cemetery in the nation and New York’s only green burial ground. At the time, Hart Island was part of Pel...

Join us this Thursday 7 PM for a Bronx County Historical Society webinar on the history and future of the burial practice. Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Webinar on ending mass burials on Hart Island This is "Webinar on ending mass burials on Hart Island" by The Hart Island Project on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

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