The ever-looming fear of being nuked into oblivion drove people a little crazy during the Cold War years. And architect and city planner Oscar Newman was no exception. Newman drew up fantastical plans for a subterranean metropolis where New Yorkers could escape nuclear fallout. In the December 1969 issue of Esquire, Newman published his bold vision for life in the nuclear age. Deep below Manhattan, he drew a map of a colossal city with thousands of […]