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SuperForester Meg recently went on a tour of an old underground rail line in Brooklyn and I (sort of) interviewed her about it via chat:

“meg: http://www.flickr.com/photos/megwachter/sets/72157619777347386/you missed out

11:29 AM me: mmmm!

I can post about it?

meg: totes!

:)

me: love it.

it was a blast?

11:30 AM meg: it was awesome

me: Tell me everything!

meg: you climb down a manhole cover in the middle of atlantic avenue

1 person at a time

http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs117.snc1/4857_697513116084_12301065_41101470_2332679_n.jpg

me: swoon.

11:31 AM meg: was built around 1830s

oldest underground train tunnel in the world!

11:32 AM me: more!

was it dangerous?

were you afraid?

11:35 AM meg: hahahaha

aw

not dangerous

as long as you had tennis shoes and a flashlight

a wee bit rocky

not scared!

me: rats?

meg: not even

oddly enough

me: crocodiles?

11:38 AM meg: sadly no

11:39 AM me: how much was it?

11:40 AM meg: $15

http://www.brooklynrail.net/proj_aatunnel.html

more info there

11:41 AM me: and you’d recommend it?

11:44 AM meg: absolutely!

any new yorker should do it

so interesting

11:48 AM me: Thank you very much, Miss Meg Wachter!

meg: :)

my pleasure

me: I’m totes gonna use this chat as an interview with you..

meg: haha

me: is cool?

meg: awesome

me: you cool.

meg: by all means”

Giant thanks again to Miss Meg Wachter!
Here’s the full flickr set.
And check out Meg’s rad blog: Totes, it’s a blog.