mr lopate a few years ago you had bob diamond on, he runs the atlantic ave tunnel, mr lopate great discovery. thanks, i gave bob a copy of the book mole people by jennifer tooth.

@Robin. Call it Manhattan Myopia. On the news at noon today, I saw plenty of overhead lines and wooden utility poles behind reporters talking about the lingering impact of the snow storm and uncollected garbage. That was in Dyker Heights. But Sheepshead Bay is another Brooklyn neighborhood w/ above-ground utilities. The outer boroughs are still very much overlooked by NYC's opinion makers.

This guy is a little too coy -- the "few other people" who accompanied the pair included a NY Times reporter (story in lat Sunday's Metro section), an NPR reporter (whose report ran last Sunday evening), and a video crew. Can you say "publicity hound"?

You mentioned the Atlantic Avenue Subway Tunnel Tours. Unfortunately, after years of safe tours, the NYC Department of Transportation recently cancelled the tours inexplicably.

Visit the tour website for information and actions you can take to re-open the tunnel:

http://www.brooklynrail.net/no_more_tunnel_tours.html

Amazing photos, as always, Steve!

Leonard's never been to Staten Island? We are lousy with telephone poles. In fact there was a recent battle when Con Ed attempted to up even taller ones - -in an historic district.

Maybe I'm crazy, but I'm looking out the window of my Ridgewood, Queens, homes at the telephone pole right outside my house--and another several down the street. How did you ever get the idea telephone poles were a thing of the past?