Re-Ball Art Installation in Old Tunnels Close to CPP

Re-Ball Art Installation in Old Tunnels Close to CPP ( re-ball.org )

submitted 2016-11-26T00:08:39 by truetolife

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truetolife 2016-11-26T04:10:41

This article is very long but has a lot of info. It talks about the tunnels and how the reopened part of the system stops short of CPP. I thought it was kind of weird that they chose a ping-pong ball inspired art installation for this project. https://steemit.com/personsofinterest/@ausbitbank/persons-of-interest-james-achilles-alefantis-aka-jimmycomet-at-comet-ping-pong

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pizzathrowaway 2016-11-26T05:19:33

not ping pong ball inspired. That is disinformation. The balls were left over from a giant ball pit at the National Building Museum.

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pizzathrowaway 2016-11-26T02:16:20

This is in Dupont circle, about 4 miles from CPP. Not "close" really. The tunnels don't reach more than a couple hundred meters.

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truetolife 2016-11-26T04:16:48

This is their layout but it doesn't say how long. http://www.dupontunderground.org/wp-content/gallery/the-site_1/dupontunderground-fullsite.jpg

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pizzathrowaway 2016-11-26T04:29:34

so if you compare this to a map (Google maps works fine), you can see that the tunnels follow Connecticut Ave in a northwest direction, but only as far as 20th st & R. This means that the tunnel ends 3.3. miles from Comet Ping Pong.

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truetolife 2016-11-26T00:12:10

http://www.dupontunderground.org/

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truetolife 2016-11-26T00:11:07

Video about abandoned Dupont Circle Subway Station http://ghostsofdc.org/2015/01/26/video-abandoned-dupont-underground-station/

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