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HIDDEN CITIES
Travels to the Secret Corners of the World’s Great Metropolises: A Memoir of Urban Exploration
A true adventure memoir, travelogue and subculture expose.
Urban explorer Moses Gates is a new breed of adventurer for the 21st Century. He thrives on the thrill of seeing what others do not see, let alone even know exists. It all began quite innocuously: After moving to New York City to pursue graduate studies in urban planning, he began unearthing hidden facets of the city—abandoned structures, disused subway stops, incredible rooftop views atop cordoned-off buildings. At first it was about satiating a niggling curiosity; yet the more he experienced, the more his thirst for adventure grew, eventually leading him across five continents. In this record of his experiences as an urban explorer, Gates details his trespasses through underground canals, sewers, subways, crypts, and so on, in some of the mostillustrious cities in the world: Paris, Rome, London, Buenos Aires, Moscow, Stockholm, Cairo, and Sao Paulo, among many others.
Gates describes his immersion in the worldwide subculture of urban exploring: How he joined a world of people who create secret art galleries in subway tunnels, break into national monuments for fun, and travel the globe sleeping in centuries-old catacombs and abandoned Soviet relics rather thanhotels or bed-and-breakfasts. They push each other further and further: Visiting the hidden sides of dozens of countries, discovering ancient underground Roman ruins, scaling New York’s bridges, partying with “mole people,” sneaking into Stonehenge, and even finding themselves under arrest on top of Notre Dame Cathedral.
In this thrilling book, Gates contemplates why he and other urban explorers are so instinctively drawn to these unknown and sometimes forbidden places—even (and for some, especially) when the stakes are high. HIDDEN CITIES will inspire readers to contemplate the potential for urban exploration available for anyone, anywhere—if only they have the curiosity (and nerve!) to dig below the surface to discover the hidden corners of this world. Moses Gates is an urban planner, demographer, and licensed New York City tour guide. His explorations of New York have been featured on the History Channel, the Travel Channel, WNYC-TV and in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, and Maxim en Español. He gives talks on urbanexploration and has consulted for books and television on both New York City and the Paris Catacombs. He lives in Brooklyn.
Gates describes his immersion in the worldwide subculture of urban exploring: How he joined a world of people who create secret art galleries in subway tunnels, break into national monuments for fun, and travel the globe sleeping in centuries-old catacombs and abandoned Soviet relics rather thanhotels or bed-and-breakfasts. They push each other further and further: Visiting the hidden sides of dozens of countries, discovering ancient underground Roman ruins, scaling New York’s bridges, partying with “mole people,” sneaking into Stonehenge, and even finding themselves under arrest on top of Notre Dame Cathedral.
In this thrilling book, Gates contemplates why he and other urban explorers are so instinctively drawn to these unknown and sometimes forbidden places—even (and for some, especially) when the stakes are high. HIDDEN CITIES will inspire readers to contemplate the potential for urban exploration available for anyone, anywhere—if only they have the curiosity (and nerve!) to dig below the surface to discover the hidden corners of this world. Moses Gates is an urban planner, demographer, and licensed New York City tour guide. His explorations of New York have been featured on the History Channel, the Travel Channel, WNYC-TV and in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, and Maxim en Español. He gives talks on urbanexploration and has consulted for books and television on both New York City and the Paris Catacombs. He lives in Brooklyn.
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