A new book wants you to know NYC's underground community was more than 'mole people'

WNYC News | Feb 16, 2024

A new book from sociologist Terry Williams details the lives of people who lived in tunnels underneath New York City.

Williams has studied the city and its subcultures for more than 40 years, publishing books on subjects including street hustlers, after-hours clubs and building superintendents in Harlem.

To research “Life Underground: Encounters with People Below the Streets of New York,” he made hundreds of visits to the residents of “tunnels, hidden passageways, abandoned railroads, shelters and dungeons” across the city, from 1991 through 2020.

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