Underground Urban Exploration

UNDERCITY by Andrew Wonder on Vimeo

I have been fascinated by underground exploration of urban environments for as long as I knew there was something below us other than dirt and rock. Riding the subway here in Chicago always leaves me wishing I could get off the train inside the tunnels and see where the escape doors go and what the side tunnels lead to. As a kid we used to sneak down into neighborhood sewer pipes and crawl under the streets and hide out in the gutters, always wondering how much further we could go and what else we could discover. Years later I can still remember the thrill, but I doubt it’s anything next to what people experience when exploring a place like the NYC subway system. I’ve read plenty about abandoned tunnels being discovered over the years and people living in the unused and in operation tunnels, and it’s all just pretty fascinating. Undercity, by Andrew Wonder, has been making the blogs over the past couple of weeks, so if you haven’t seen it I highly suggest it. I’d give anything to have some adventures like this.

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