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October 26, 2010 8:18 AM   Subscribe

Sean Michaels, of the great mp3 blog Said the Gramophone, writes of art, cataphiles and the unauthorized, "hidden" restoration of decaying public sites in underground (and above ground) Paris.
posted by defenestration (7 comments total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: Neat but saw it a few months ago. -- cortex



 
Double: http://www.metafilter.com/93747/The-Lizard-The-Catacombs-and-the-Clock
posted by isnotchicago at 8:28 AM on October 26, 2010


Ooooops! Thanks for the heads up, isnotchicago.
posted by defenestration at 8:44 AM on October 26, 2010


Before this is deleted I want to say that Sean is great and he said some very nice things about my defunct mp3blog, which made me feel awesome.
posted by haveanicesummer at 8:44 AM on October 26, 2010


I believe the underground group in Paris is profiled a bit in the 2007 film "Urban Explorers: Into the Darkness" (available on Netflix instant play, if you have it).

At first, I thought you were talking about this guy.
posted by hanoixan at 8:55 AM on October 26, 2010


wow, thanks!
posted by Marquis at 9:42 AM on October 26, 2010


On one of the best Halloweens ever, a bunch of cavers (~40?) entered the Austin storm sewers, walked upstream about a mile, set up a slide projector and had a slide show, the centerpiece of which was a clandestine snap of Floyd Collins lying in state in Crystal Cave - one of the holy grails of cave photography.
posted by Devils Rancher at 10:28 AM on October 26, 2010


also, this guy has a ton of high quality catacomb photos.
posted by Devils Rancher at 10:35 AM on October 26, 2010 [1 favorite]


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