Urban Exploration
Monday, May 04, 2009
Built in 1844, the Atlantic Avenue Tunnel is officially the world's oldest subway tunnel. Bob Daimond is founder of the Brooklyn Historic Railway Assocation and conducts tours of the tunnel.
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Bob Daimond
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Comments [2]
just came from the RatArt exhibit in the tunnel on May 16,2009. It was unbelieveable the numbers of people who participated(more than 230) and those who kept asking when the next exhibit would be. People are truly fascinated by this tunnel and we ended up turning people away because of lack of time.
"The Cosgrove Report", the book that originally motivated Bob Daimond, is a novel by G.J.A. O'Toole. While based on historical facts, I'd like to know how a literary work could motivate Mr. Daimond to spend so much time exploring Brooklyn for lost tunnels.
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