The concept of the New York Underground was inspired primarily by a desire to create a space that felt truly lived in. Combining aspects of the cyberpunk genre with examples of spontaneous communities and adaptive reuse, I imagine a neighborhood constructed within an abandoned New York subway station. The story is that at some unspecified point in the future, as housing becomes increasingly more crowded and more expensive, a diverse group of artists from all corners of the city decide to colonize the subway with their own private neighborhood. Carving dwellings out of stairwells and bodega stands, they build new structures from the interesting salvage they find. The center of the platform becomes a sort of town square, and is filled with arcade games made to entertain and bring the community together.