Staten Island, NY - Obama Presidency Oral History Staten Island, NY Index / Locations Transcripts (12) Kate Orff ...our current work on the Gowanus and in Staten Island , too—one of the towns that we'r... ...of the towns that we're working in in Staten Island was called the “town the oyster built,... ...was called the “town the oyster built,” Tottenville . It has its own identity now, and i... ...etc. But when you talk about Tottenville as the town the oyster built, the... ...that really was the founding reason why Tottenville developed where it developed, at th... ...where it developed, at the south tip of Staten Island . So these maps are also like a publi... ...in Raritan Bay, just off the shore of Tottenville , that was hit very, very hard by wav... ...of the Living Breakwaters concept with Tottenville was just too powerful, so we put tha... ...sites in the region; Hoboken, Red Hook, Staten Island , and places as far as Bridgeport... ...reaction to those ideas. In the case of Staten Island , it became very, very interestin... ...New York City, which is the beach, the Tottenville beachfront is part of Parks Department... Show more... Steven Chu ...and see the worst behavior. People in Staten Island [New York] died because they refused t... Related Topics go to the Healthcare Healthcare go to the Climate, Environment, and Energy Climate, Environment, and Energy Native America Coming soon Africa Coming soon Education Coming soon