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Archaeologists Probe Secret Tunnels in California
Associated Press ^ | September 27, 2007 | Unknown

Posted on 09/27/2007 2:46:36 PM PDT by decimon

FRESNO, Calif. — Tunnels run beneath Chinatown in Fresno, Calif.: brick-walled passages that were once home to people and activities that couldn't be mentioned aboveground.

Rick Lew knows, because he walked the passages as a child, entering through a trapdoor in his grandfather's liquor store.

"There was a nightlife you couldn't see from the streets," he said.

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As late as the 1950s, when Lew was a boy, Chinatown was still thriving — both its respectable establishments and as its shadier side.

He remembers visiting the underground world with his father, first passing though a dark basement before descending into a lit tunnel with an arched roof and enough space for two people to pass by each other. There were people there he recognized from the neighborhood. And then there were the glamorous women whose images remain seared in his memory decades later.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: fresno; godsgravesglyphs; tunnels
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And then there were the glamorous women whose images remain seared in his memory decades later.

Seared.

1 posted on 09/27/2007 2:46:39 PM PDT by decimon
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To: decimon

They musta been cambodian chicks.


2 posted on 09/27/2007 2:47:31 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: decimon
So this is where Margret Cho lives.......
3 posted on 09/27/2007 2:47:40 PM PDT by cmsgop (Hillary's Milkshake is better than Your's, She could teach you, but you would rather go blind.......)
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To: decimon

They may have discovered the secret FreeRepublic catacombs!


5 posted on 09/27/2007 2:49:38 PM PDT by MarineBrat (My wife and I took an AIDS vaccination that the Church offers.)
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To: decimon

“But to many others, the lace-work of tunnels sprawling under the city was just another tall tale from Fresno’s days as a Western railroad town and a hub of gambling and prostitution.”

Those of you who know it better, what’s it like today?


6 posted on 09/27/2007 2:51:07 PM PDT by Brilliant
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To: DaveLoneRanger
GGG ping?

Gee, I don't know. The archaeologists found "Blam was here!" plastered all over the place.

7 posted on 09/27/2007 2:51:48 PM PDT by decimon
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To: decimon

That would be a fun place to be, when the big one starts shakin’ the place up.


8 posted on 09/27/2007 2:51:55 PM PDT by willgolfforfood
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To: decimon
And today you can get all your vices above ground - with no shame...
9 posted on 09/27/2007 2:52:55 PM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: MarineBrat

I wonder if there’s a Hsu factory down there?


10 posted on 09/27/2007 2:53:03 PM PDT by MHGinTN (If you can read this, you've had life support. Defend life support for others in the womb.)
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That would be a fun place to be, when the big one starts shakin’ the place up.

She's retired now.

11 posted on 09/27/2007 2:53:44 PM PDT by decimon
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To: Tijeras_Slim
They musta been cambodian chicks.

Hey, if you're up river anyway...

12 posted on 09/27/2007 2:54:43 PM PDT by decimon
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To: Tijeras_Slim

And it was Christmas. In 1968. Nixon was president. Almost.


13 posted on 09/27/2007 2:57:39 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Hunter 2008)
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To: MHGinTN

quote from the article:
“Hattersley-Drayton hopes someday Chinatown and its
excavated tunnels might be developed for heritage tourism, bringing some income to what is now an impoverished area.”


Sounds great ! ...Let’s vacation in Fresno and visit the
underground tunnels !


14 posted on 09/27/2007 3:01:20 PM PDT by biscuit jane
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To: cmsgop
"So this is where Margret Cho lives......."

Could be. I did see her skit about her parents owning a sex shop or some such....

15 posted on 09/27/2007 3:01:38 PM PDT by blam (Secure the border and enforce the law)
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To: decimon

Fresno?


16 posted on 09/27/2007 3:05:22 PM PDT by SmithL (I don't do Barf Alerts, you're old enough to read and decide for yourself)
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To: decimon
"The archaeologists found "Blam was here!" plastered all over the place."


17 posted on 09/27/2007 3:05:54 PM PDT by blam (Secure the border and enforce the law)
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To: cmsgop

Dude, he said glamourous woman.


18 posted on 09/27/2007 3:08:43 PM PDT by art_rocks
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To: blam
ROTFLMAO!
19 posted on 09/27/2007 3:09:36 PM PDT by colorado tanker (I'm unmoderated - just ask Bill O'Reilly)
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To: decimon

Bah. I saw all this documented in that great historically accurate movie, Big Trouble in Little China.


20 posted on 09/27/2007 3:10:13 PM PDT by saganite
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