Apparently this week's theme is infrastructure, urban ruins and trains. Sorry for the late posting of this, but for those who can make it, well worth checking out:

Ars Subterranea: An Exhibit on Underground New York

Ars Subterranea celebrates its inaugural event - an art exhibit about subterranean New York - by taking its audience underground. Literally.
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Sunday, November 10, 2002, 12 to 4 PM in the Atlantic Avenue Tunnel

Corner of Court St/Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn
Meet at the clock of the Independence Bank
$10, $8 for senior citizens/students with ID

The exhibit features photos, videos, a sound installation and a site-specific performance piece relating to the history and topography of subterranean New York. This is the first art presentation about this city's underground that is held in an actual underground location.

Contributing artists include:
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Photos by Margaret Morton, Julia Solis, Joseph Anastasio, Chris Beauchamp, Christos Pathiakis, and others
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Sound installation by Hans-Christoph Steiner
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Videos by Bryan Papciak and Jeff Sias
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� and a special performance by Sxip Shirey at 3 PM

The setting for this exhibit is the historic Atlantic Avenue tunnel, the world's first train tunnel built below a city street. The event is organized in cooperation with the tunnel's proprietor, Bob Diamond, and the Brooklyn Historic Railway Association.

Please be aware that the tunnel can only be entered via a short ladder inside a manhole and that you may want to dress accordingly. We will assist anyone who may require help.
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For those who may not be familiar, the Atlantic Avenue tunnel was literally lost and forgotten for 140 years. [Somewhat like the old flushing tunnel for the nearby Gowanus Canal which was recently reopened, bringing marine life back to the industrial heart of Brooklyn.] Through personal research, Bob Diamond pinpointed the only existing egress to the 2000' tunnel in the 1980s and has become its caretaker. Mr. Diamond also operates the Brooklyn Historic Railway Association and continues to work toward restoring trolley service [right through my neighborhood] along New York harbor between Red Hook and Brooklyn Heights.