Monday, January 3, 2011

I LOVE URBAN EXPLORING

So goddamn awesome. (NO I AM NOT CONDONING TRESPASSING)


 Steve Duncan, an Urban Explorer known for going on a walkabout through the sewers, subway tunnels and other (usually off-limits) parts of the world's cities is covered by Jalopnik in the link below. The video posted below is really cool. Also check out http://www.forgotten-ny.com/ if you're into this type of history.


UNDERCITY from Andrew Wonder on Vimeo.

I once got to do something similar, but much smaller. My wife, Dad and I (and 2 friends on the later tour) went into the worlds first subway tunnel, in Brooklyn. It was first a railway tunnel built for the LIRR, then later covered with Atlantic Avenue being built atop of it. It was re-discovered in 1981 by Bob Diamond (who led our tour, 3rd pic ). Please excuse the blurriness of the pics its was about 3000% humidity and 100 degrees in there, despite being about 20 degrees outside on the street. The camera didn't take too well to those immediate changes.






Awesome pic of the length of the tunnel

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