and the Harlem gang, 183, 184, 185, 187, 188, 190
on killing, 242
BMT. See Brooklyn Manhattan Transit (BMT)
Bob, 88, 105–9, 237, 249
Boggs, Joyce (Billy), 154
Borges, Jorge Luis, 171
Bowery, 49–58
history of, 49–50
Romero on, 51–54
Brenda, 116, 117, 213–19, 249
Bridges, Jeff, 216
Broadway-Lafayette Station, 54
Bronze Age, 36
Brooklyn Bridge Station, 131
Brooklyn Manhattan Transit (BMT), 45
Brown, Claude, 201, 202
Buckley, Rob, 90–91, 95–96
on underground communities, 91, 94
“Burma’s Road,” 47
Burnes, Donald, 40
“Burrow, The”(Kafka), 169
Butch (Brenda’s boyfriend), 116, 117
Butch (tunnel birth observer), 78, 79, 80
Buxton, Derbyshire, 37
Candy, 18
Cannibalistic Human Underground Dwellers (CHUDS), 74, 205
Carlos, 137, 138, 140–41
on hope, 148–49
Castleman, Craig, 134
Cathy and Joe, 225–26
Central Park, 192, 213, 215, 216, 234, 245
Cher, 229–30, 233
children underground, 77–86
adaptability of, 84
in J.C.’s community, 82
Julie, 82–84
Teresa’s family, 84–86
Chitthum, Samme, 99
Chud, 205, 206
CHUDS. See Cannibalistic Human Underground Dwellers (CHUDS)
Cimmerians, 35–36
Cindy, 24–25
”city of friends,” 203–11
and Rex, 209–210
and Sam, 207–9, 210–11
Coalition for the Homeless, 88, 104. See also homeless advocates; tunnel outreach
Columbia University, 1, 2
“Condos, the,” 20–21, 47
Henry’s discovery of, 66–67
Covenant House, 136, 140, 145
Creation (Michelangelo), 125
Crimeans, 36
Crump, Daniel, 161
Dale, 56
Dameon, 137
Dante, 170
Dara, 84, 85, 86
Dark Angel, 165–68
Jamall on, 234
Dart, 187, 188
David, 136–37, 138
Deamues, Harold: on children underground, 84
on the Dark Angel, 167–68
on the mole people, 159, 161
work with ADAPT, 67, 84, 158–59, 160, 161, 162, 163
Demetrius (”Taki 183”), 132
Denise, 57
Dericka, 223, 224
de Sant-Fond, Faugas, 37
Dickens, Charles, 173
Dirty Slug, 129, 133
Doc (Fabulous Five member), 129, 133
Doc (Harlem gang member), 186, 188, 189
Dolly, 145–46, 148, 250
Don, 109–10
Dopey, 209
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 176, 177
Douglas Housing Project, 224
Dunsley Rock (Gibraltar), England, 36–37
Dwane, 84, 85
Dwayne, 89
Dwyer, Jim, 44
Edwards, Dee, 88
Eleanor Kennedy shelter, Fairfax, Virginia, 40
Eliot, George, 173
Ellison, Ralph, 177
Fabulous Five, 129–31
Farrell, Neil, 49, 57
Fay, 206, 210
Felicia, 138–39, 143–44, 146, 147
Fisher King, The, 215
Flacko, 11, 26
Flip, 111, 112
Fort Washington shelter, 56, 57, 116
Fran and Shorty, 225
Frank (runaway), 141–42, 143, 146, 148, 250
Frank (Virginia’s boyfriend), 95–96
Franko, 23
Fred, 79
Frederick, 135–39, 249
”Freedom.” See Pape, Chris (”Freedom”)
Freud, Sigmund, 173–74
Garner, Robert, 36–37
Gayle, Kristen, 1–2, 82–83
George (Blade’s associate), 243, 244
George (”city of friends” resident), 204–5, 206, 207, 211
Getting Up: Subway Graffiti in New York (Castleman), 134
Ghost, 51
”Ghost Cliff,” 234
Gissing, George, 173
Goya, Francisco José de, 126
graffiti artists. See graffiti writings and writers; tunnel art and artists
graffiti writings and writers, 119, 121, 122, 127, 129–34
Fabulous Five, 129–31. See also tunnel art and artists
Grand Central Station, 3, 4, 57, 84, 122, 151, 161, 219
estimate of underground population, 39
evictions from, 47
J.C.’s community under, 61, 82, 191–202
Williams’s residence under, 12, 13, 19, 21, 23, 26–27
Granick, Harry, 43, 46
Guardian Angels, 230, 239n.
Guernica (Picasso), 126
Hammer, 48
Harlem gang, 183–90
Hector, 99–101
HELP. See Homeless Emergency Liaison Project (HELP)
Henry, Sergeant Bryan, 5, 12, 43, 59–63, 65–67, 82
and “the Condos,” 21, 66–67
on the Dark Angel, 166–67
frustration experienced by, 59–61
initial meeting with author, 3–4
and J.C., 61 63, 66
and Michelle, 219–20
photograph of, 60
Williams on, 26
History of Graffiti (Pape), 125
homeless advocates, 4–5, 40, 104–5. See also Coalition for the Homeless; tunnel outreach
Homeless Credo, 109
Homeless Emergency Liaison Project (HELP), 151–55
HRA. See New York City Human Resources Administration
Hudson Street, 49–50
Hugo, Victor, 172, 173
“human morality,” 209
“human religion,” 209
Interborough Rapid Transit (IRT), 183, 184
International Encyclopedia of Social Sciences, 89
Invisible Man (Ellison), 177–79
Iris, 16–18
IRT. See Interborough Rapid Transit (IRT)
Isaacs, Bernard, 5, 88–89, 249
and Bob, 88, 105–9
on David, 137
and Don, 109–10
and Flip, 111
and Hector, 99–101
on homeless advocacy groups, 104–5
and John, 113–15
photograph of, 118
on the Rotunda community, 94
and Sheila, 226, 227
and Shorty, 225
source of income, 102–3, 107
and Tim, 110–11
and Tom, 116–17
and Tony, 111–13
and tunnel art and artists, 119–20, 124–25, 126, 127
tunnel community of, 75, 97–118
on underground people, 117
Israely, Beverly, 90
Jamaica, 189
Jamall, 166, 168, 229–35
Japan, 38
J.C., 4, 89
community of, 82, 191–202
and Henry, 61–63, 66
Jeff, 147, 148
Jeffers, Chris, 107–8
Jess, 221
Jesus, 103
Jimmy, 144–45, 146, 147, 148
Joe, 50–51
Joey, 112, 113
John, 113–15, 249
Journey to the Center of the Earth, A (Verne), 174
Juan, 78
Julie, 1, 2, 77, 82–84
Kafka, Franz, 169
Klambatsen, Sergeant Steve, 54, 55
Lady Pink, 132
Lafayette Street Station, 47
LaJoy, 69–70
law and underground homeless, the, 59–71
police brutality stories, 63–64
and social workers, 67–69
Lee, 129–30, 131, 132–34
Leon, 101
Lexington Avenue Line, 55, 244
Little Man, 182
Logan, Al, 53, 54
London, 38
Los Angeles Times, The, 4
Mac, 29–34, 249
Malcolm, 13
Manchild in the Promised Land (Brown), 201, 202
Martin, Marsha, 39
Marx, Karl, 173–74
Mary, 89
Meitus, Robert, 2