Tunnel People
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Tunnel People is an anthropological-journalistic account describing an underground homeless community in New York City. It is written by war photographer and anthropologist Teun Voeten and was initial
First edition (Dutch)
Inscribed copy Voeten gave Marcus, one of his subjects; see "Content" for Voeten's note (on his letterhead) to Marcus that was folded into this copy
Note from Voeten to Marcus, one of the subjects of Tunnel People
Freedom Tunnel
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The Freedom Tunnel is a railroad tunnel carrying the West Side Line under Riverside Park in Manhattan, New York City. Used by Amtrak trains to and from Pennsylvania Station, it got its name because th
Tunnel People
…bunkers, or in recesses and caves along the tunnel wall. Graffiti artists used the blank cement spaces as canvases for their work and named it the Freedom Tunnel. Several journalists wrote articles and made documentaries about tunnel life and the individuals living there. However, few of the journalists spent…
Most graffiti is centered under the light
Exits at many points let in light and noise from the nearby playgrounds and parks.
Demolished shantytowns
Graffiti in the tunnel