I was drawn to the place by a post about a once hidden tunnel running along a good length of Atlantic Ave. One of the first major commercial hubs in the bustling city (later turned borough) of Brooklyn in the mid to late 1800's, just past the courts and politicos of Downtown and what was once the New York's main waterfront, in DUMBO and the Navy Yard, it remains so today (and finally with our very own Trade Joe's). Just beneath the surface, apparently, is what was for a short time the worlds first underground subway tunnel. Less built to save the Irish immigrants of the neighborhood that were being mowed down by the senior Vanderbilt's trains fairly regularly--interestingly, the story goes that originally the famous baseball team's full name was the the "Brooklyn Trolley-Dodgers," which were as much a hazard throughout the city--and more to avoid the costly delays resulting from the accidents.
Pictured here, from the site as well, this curiosity rather strikes me somehow as pertaining to the dance now engaged in by government and the economy and, of course, the rest of us. I'm not sure if what the fox represents is big finance or perhaps the new fangs barred by Congress and the Administration's new legislation to get a hold on things. But, I must admit, these days I think we're all feeling a bit like the duckling, no?
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