Underground cities Underground cities In ancient geography, Cappadocia (spelled Kapadokya in Turkish) ( Greek: Καππαδοκία; see also List of traditional Greek place names) was an extensive inland district of Asia Minor (modern Turkey). In the time of Herodotus the Cappadocians occupied the whole region from Mount Taurus to the Euxine ( Black Sea). ...more on Wikipedia about "Cappadocia"
The Chicago Pedway, covering over 40 blocks of downtown Chicago, Illinois, helps pedestrians traverse this area city during inclement weather. This network of tunnels and overhead bridges connects skyscrapers, retail stores, hotels and train stations throughout the central business district and contains shops, restaurants and public art. Construction on the Pedway began in 1951 and it has continued since then, especially after expansion of it was included in the Chicago 21 Plan, introduced in 1973. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chicago Pedway"
Crystal City is an unincorporated area located in the southeastern corner of Arlington County, Virginia, a suburb of Washington, DC. Crystal City is centered along a stretch of Jefferson Davis Highway ( U.S. Highway 1), just south of The Pentagon, just east of Pentagon City, and within walking distance to the west of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. Characterized as one of many "urban villages" by Arlington County, Crystal City is almost exclusively populated by high rise apartment buildings, corporate offices, hotels, and numerous shops and restaurants. There is also an extensive network of underground shopping areas and connecting corridors beneath Crystal City. ...more on Wikipedia about "Crystal City, Virginia"
Forestiere Underground Gardens located at 5021 W. Shaw Avenue in Fresno, California are an unusual manmade creation built by Baldasare Forestiere, an immigrant from Sicily over a period of 40 years from 1906 to until his death in 1946. The gardens, while subterranean, do have many skylights and catchbasins for water. There are a wide variety of hybrids and grafted trees, and the underground temperature helps prevent against frost. It is still operated by members of the Forestiere family. ...more on Wikipedia about "Forestiere Underground Gardens"
The Houston Downtown Tunnel System is an system of tunnels about twenty feet below Houston's downtown street system. ...more on Wikipedia about "Houston Downtown Tunnel System"
PATH is a 27- kilometre network of pedestrian tunnels beneath the office towers of downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Unlike Montréal's Underground City or RÉSO, Toronto's system uses an integrated system of signs that makes navigation (somewhat) easier. ...more on Wikipedia about "PATH (Toronto)"
The Seattle Underground is a network of underground passageways and basements in downtown Seattle, Washington that was originally the area's ground level. After the streets were elevated, these spaces eventually fell into disuse, but have become a tourist attraction in recent decades. ...more on Wikipedia about "Seattle Underground"
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The Portland Underground, or The Shanghai Tunnels as they are more commonly known, are a group of passages running underneath Old Town/ Chinatown down to the central downtown section of Portland, Oregon. The tunnels originally connected the basements of many downtown hotels and bars, and they eventually wound their way to the waterfront of the Willamette River. They were mostly used in the late 19th century to mid 20th century to kidnap or "shanghai" (the origin of the phrase "to be shanghaiied") unsuspecting laborers and sell them as slaves to waiting ships at the waterfront. Victims were drugged or knocked out, taken through one of the trap doors (or deadfalls, and held in a prison cell while they waited to be shipped off. This earned Portland the reputation as the most dangerous port on the West Coast, if not the world, in the early 1900s, as well as the nicknames "Unheavenly City" and "Forbidden City." Later, during Prohibition, they were inhabited by bars that literally went underground to sell booze and good times. ...more on Wikipedia about "Shanghai tunnels"
Underground Atlanta is a shopping and entertainment complex in the Five Points neighborhood of downtown Atlanta, Georgia, near the intersection of the MARTA rail lines. First opened in 1969, it takes advantage of the viaducts built over the city's many railroad tracks to accommodate automobile traffic. Each level has two main halls, still called Upper and Lower Alabama and Pryor Streets. ...more on Wikipedia about "Underground Atlanta"
An underground city is a network of tunnels that connect buildings, usually in the downtown area of a city. These may include office blocks, shopping malls, train and metro stations, theatres, and other attractions. An underground city can usually be accessed through the public space of any of the buildings connecting to it, and sometimes has separate entries as well. ...more on Wikipedia about "Underground city"
Montreal's Underground City (French: La ville souterraine) is the well-known underground city complex in downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is also known as the indoor city (ville intérieure) as not all of it is underground. ...more on Wikipedia about "Underground city, Montreal"
Underground living refers simply to living below the ground's surface, whether in naturally occurring caves or in built structures. ...more on Wikipedia about "Underground living"
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