In 1968 I was a member of the Urban Underground, a left organization of city planners in NYC. They were a chapter of Movement for Democratic Society (MDS) which sought to continue SDS organizing off campus within careers that college graduates were taking, thus Teachers for a Democratic Society (TDS), Welfare MDS (welfare workers), etc.
Ultimately the name Urban Underground was taken as the name of a citywide tabloid newspaper published by MDS, the Urban Underground. A classic full page cover photo (simulation) was of a man with a business suit and fancy briefcase descending a subway stairs wearing gas mask. It was a very powerful graphic, and I wish I had a copy. Maybe somewhere deep in the archives I do.
(Urban air pollution was the subject of that issue.)
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