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Andrew Wonder films his subterrestrian adventures with renegade urban historian, Steve Duncan.

Happy New Year, all! Today, I was fortunate enough to have this film brought to my attention (and quite timely, as I’m returned to NYC for a visit and lately brainstorming a blog essay on public infrastructure and its dynamic with politics and masculinity). It is a fantastically exciting look at the “hidden” infrastructure of New York City, and invites some interesting questions around public history and public property. Not to mention, the realities of homelessness and resource allocation explicitly raised in his section on tunnel inhabitants. I couldn’t help but be reminded of Philippe Petit, of Man On Wire fame.

Make sure to also check out Duncan’s website, Undercity, to learn more about his “guerrilla history” projects. Hope there’s more on the way

EDIT: More on these adventures at NPR and The NYTimes.