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Jayson
is finished
Notes:
(1) The final quarter covers a bunch of short topics, and feels like spare parts crammed in at the end.
– It runs the gamut from public opinion on The Tube, to haunted stations, buried treasure, secret places, wartime bunkers, and the underground in literature.
– Which only crystallizes my view that this is less a history than a collection of lyrically-told factoids.
— Aug 14, 2025 01:50PM
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Notes:
(1) The final quarter covers a bunch of short topics, and feels like spare parts crammed in at the end.
– It runs the gamut from public opinion on The Tube, to haunted stations, buried treasure, secret places, wartime bunkers, and the underground in literature.
– Which only crystallizes my view that this is less a history than a collection of lyrically-told factoids.
Jayson
is 76% done
Notes:
(1) Chapter 7 is about flowing elements of energy: water, gas, electricity, telecommunications, etc.
- Treated as sacred sources of power—anima of the city—albeit with all the historical weight of a travel pamphlet for some subterranean tour.
(2) Chapters 8-9 are about tunnels as a means of transport. Pedestrian walkways, The Tube, etc.
- Finally touching the modern.
— Aug 11, 2025 08:40AM
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Notes:
(1) Chapter 7 is about flowing elements of energy: water, gas, electricity, telecommunications, etc.
- Treated as sacred sources of power—anima of the city—albeit with all the historical weight of a travel pamphlet for some subterranean tour.
(2) Chapters 8-9 are about tunnels as a means of transport. Pedestrian walkways, The Tube, etc.
- Finally touching the modern.
