From the Secret Tunnels Dept.: Check out the amazing underground photos...

Curbed NY — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 11:27:00 PST

Check out the amazing underground photos of Steve Duncan, a "subterranean urban explorer" who's apparently not afraid of a little (or big) stench. Julia Galef writes in the A/N Blog: "He's urging architects and planners to celebrate those roots, to 'open them up and communicate them, show that beauty of the natural topography that still exists.' It makes a lot of sense to daylight some of our streams now, he said, especially since many regions of our cities are evolving from industrial use to residential." That tunnel at right is underneath Astoria! [A/N Blog]

—Joey

Willets Point...Islanders?: We haven't heard much about the...

Curbed NY — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 06:14:00 PST

We haven't heard much about the city's massive Willets Point redevelopment plan since the world's financing curled up and died, but an official at the Queens Chamber of Commerce has an idea: move the NHL's Islanders to the 'hood. Islanders owner Charles Wang has been trying to get a new arena built on Long Island for years (to no avail), and the team's lease expires in 2015. But don't prepare that welcome basket just yet, Mets fans: the Islanders haven't called the guy back. [Newsday]

—Joey