Salon.com > Sharon Blumberg http://www.salon.com Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:24:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 New York’s forgotten tunnels http://www.salon.com/2012/08/04/new_york%e2%80%99s_lost_infrastructure_salpart/ http://www.salon.com/2012/08/04/new_york%e2%80%99s_lost_infrastructure_salpart/#comments Sat, 04 Aug 2012 14:00:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=12972367 With backpack slung behind, headlamp set in place and gloves on hand, Steve Duncan heads down a set of subway stairs. He makes his way to an abandoned station, under a manhole and beyond the city lights of a bridge. His words of warning: “Don’t hit the third rail, don’t get run over by trains, watch for motion detectors and don’t be seen.”

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Duncan calls himself an urban explorer. The 33-year-old Maryland native has lived in New York City since 1996, barring two years spent studying in Los Angeles. He is currently a student at City University of New York Graduate Center, working on a Ph.D. in Urban Studies, a discipline he knows as “Sewerology.” Duncan is also a researcher with CUNY’s Institute for Sustainable Cities and a freelance photographer.

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